linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] signal: Fix the error return of kill -1

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:43:51 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Petr Skocik <pskocik@...il.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal: Fix the error return of kill -1

On 08/14, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> Why do we need the "bool found" variable ? Afacis
>
> 	} else {
> 		bool success = false;
> 		int retval = -ESRCH;
> 		struct task_struct * p;
>
> 		for_each_process(p) {
> 			if (task_pid_vnr(p) > 1 &&
> 					!same_thread_group(p, current)) {
> 				int err = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p,
> 							      PIDTYPE_MAX);
> 				success |= !err;
> 				retval = err;
> 			}
> 		}
> 		ret = success ? 0 : retval;
> 	}
>
> does the same?

Even simpler

	} else {
		struct task_struct * p;
		bool success = false;
		int err = -ESRCH;

		for_each_process(p) {
			if (task_pid_vnr(p) > 1 &&
					!same_thread_group(p, current)) {
				err = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p,
							  PIDTYPE_MAX);
				success |= !err;
			}
		}
		ret = success ? 0 : err;
	}

unless I missed something...

Oleg.