linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 4/6] fork: Skip setting TIF_SIGPENDING in ptrace_init

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Date:   Thu,  9 Aug 2018 01:56:03 -0500
From:   "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>,
        majiang <ma.jiang@....com.cn>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/6] fork: Skip setting TIF_SIGPENDING in ptrace_init_task

The code in calculate_sigpending will now handle this so
it is just redundant and possibly a little confusing
to continue setting TIF_SIGPENDING in ptrace_init_task.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 include/linux/ptrace.h | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 037bf0ef1ae9..4f36431c380b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(struct task_struct *child, bool ptrace)
 			task_set_jobctl_pending(child, JOBCTL_TRAP_STOP);
 		else
 			sigaddset(&child->pending.signal, SIGSTOP);
-
-		set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 	}
 	else
 		child->ptracer_cred = NULL;
-- 
2.17.1