linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: do_signal: simplify the TS_RESTORE

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:08:33 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: do_signal: simplify the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK logic

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 08:22:03PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> 2. do_signal() also clears TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK if handle_signal()
>    succeeds.
> 
>    We can move this to setup_rt_frame() as well, this avoids the
>    unnecessary checks and makes the logic more clear.


> +	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
>  	return ret;

This is broken.  If setup_rt_frame() fails, you don't want to do that.
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