linux-kernel - Re: [patch 07/20] posix-timers: Set k_itimer::it

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Message-ID: <ZHhuQMqVIDQoACQA@lothringen>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 12:09:04 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        syzbot+5c54bd3eb218bb595aa9@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 07/20] posix-timers: Set k_itimer::it_signal to NULL on
 exit()

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 08:49:06PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Technically it's not required to set k_itimer::it_signal to NULL on exit()
> because there is no other thread anymore which could lookup the timer
> concurrently.
> 
> Set it to NULL for consistency sake and add a comment to that effect.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>