linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] signals: eventpoll: set ->saved

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:23:43 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] signals: eventpoll: set ->saved_sigmask at the start

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 09:57:59PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> +		current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
>  		set_current_blocked(&ksigmask);
>  	}
>  
>  	error = sys_epoll_wait(epfd, events, maxevents, timeout);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * If we changed the signal mask, we need to restore the original one.
>  	 * In case we've got a signal while waiting, we do not restore the
> @@ -1988,12 +1988,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(epoll_pwait, int, epfd, struct epoll_event __user *, events,
>  	 * the way back to userspace, before the signal mask is restored.
>  	 */
>  	if (sigmask) {
> -		if (error == -EINTR) {
> -			memcpy(&current->saved_sigmask, &sigsaved,
> -			       sizeof(sigsaved));
> +		if (error == -EINTR)
>  			set_restore_sigmask();
> -		} else
> -			set_current_blocked(&sigsaved);
> +		else
> +			__set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);

I don't like that.  If anything, we have
static inline void restore_saved_sigmask(void)
{
        if (test_and_clear_restore_sigmask())
                __set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
}
which means that the last part can be turned into
		set_restore_sigmask();
		if (error != -EINTR)
			restore_saved_sigmask();
and I'd pulled set_restore_sigmask() call next to setting the sucker.
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