Split out the code from do_tkill to make it reusable by the follow up patch which implements sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/signal.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/kernel/signal.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c @@ -2212,24 +2212,20 @@ sys_kill(pid_t pid, int sig) return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid); } -static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig) +static int +do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct siginfo *info) { - int error; - struct siginfo info; struct task_struct *p; unsigned long flags; + int error = -ESRCH; - error = -ESRCH; - info.si_signo = sig; - info.si_errno = 0; - info.si_code = SI_TKILL; - info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); - info.si_uid = current->uid; + info->si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); + info->si_uid = current->uid; rcu_read_lock(); p = find_task_by_vpid(pid); if (p && (tgid <= 0 || task_tgid_vnr(p) == tgid)) { - error = check_kill_permission(sig, &info, p); + error = check_kill_permission(sig, info, p); /* * The null signal is a permissions and process existence * probe. No signal is actually delivered. @@ -2239,7 +2235,7 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pi * signal is private anyway. */ if (!error && sig && lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) { - error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, &info, p); + error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, info, p); unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags); } } @@ -2248,6 +2244,19 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pi return error; } +static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig) +{ + struct siginfo info; + + info.si_signo = sig; + info.si_errno = 0; + info.si_code = SI_TKILL; + info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); + info.si_uid = current->uid; + + return do_send_specific(tgid, pid, sig, &info); +} + /** * sys_tgkill - send signal to one specific thread * @tgid: the thread group ID of the thread -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/