linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/41] OpenRISC: Don't reimplement force

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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:47:54 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/41] OpenRISC: Don't reimplement force_sigsegv()

On 08/16, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 18:49 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > And since force_sigsegv() drops
> > the lock after setting SIG_DFL we can "race" with the sub-thread anyway.
>
> I did notice that race in force_sigsegv() too, is it a real problem?

Oh, I don't really know. I mean, I do not know if this really needs
the fix.

OK, suppose that another thread does signal(SIGSEGV, SIG_IGN) in
between. This probably means it asks for the problems anyway. and
we can pretend this was done before this SIGSEGV was dequeued.

If it does signal(SIGSEGV, my_handler), then most probably
force_sigsegv() will be called again soon, after dequeueing SIGSEGV.

Oleg.

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