linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 04/13] task_isolation: add initial support

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Message-ID: <20160518133420.GG3193@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 15:34:20 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
Cc:	Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@...hip.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 04/13] task_isolation: add initial support

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 01:38:33PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index aa9bf00749c1..53e4e62f2778 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #include <linux/compat.h>
>  #include <linux/cn_proc.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> +#include <linux/isolation.h>
>  
>  #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>  #include <trace/events/signal.h>
> @@ -2213,6 +2214,9 @@ relock:
>  		/* Trace actually delivered signals. */
>  		trace_signal_deliver(signr, &ksig->info, ka);
>  
> +		/* Disable task isolation when delivering a signal. */

Why !? Changelog is quiet on this.

> +		task_isolation_set_flags(current, 0);
> +
>  		if (ka->sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN) /* Do nothing.  */
>  			continue;
>  		if (ka->sa.sa_handler != SIG_DFL) {