linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 7/7] x86: signal: sys_rt_sigreturn() should use set_current

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Message-ID: <20110418134641.GH15951@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:46:41 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <nyoushchenko@...sta.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] x86: signal: sys_rt_sigreturn() should use
	set_current_blocked()

Normally sys_rt_sigreturn() restores the old current->blocked which was
changed by handle_signal(), and unblocking is always fine.

But the debugger or application itself can change frame->uc_sigmask and
thus we need set_current_blocked()->retarget_shared_pending().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- sigprocmask/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c~7_sigreturn	2011-04-17 23:07:14.000000000 +0200
+++ sigprocmask/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c	2011-04-17 23:19:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -601,10 +601,7 @@ long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *re
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
 		goto badframe;

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