linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 23/50] signal: Remove task argument from dequeue

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:18:33 +0200
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 23/50] signal: Remove task argument from
 dequeue_signal()

On 04/11, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> The task pointer which is handed to dequeue_signal() is always current. The
> argument along with the first comment about signalfd in that function is
> confusing at best. Remove it and use current internally.
>
> Update the stale comment for dequeue_signal() while at it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
> ---
>  fs/signalfd.c                |    4 ++--
>  include/linux/sched/signal.h |    5 ++---
>  kernel/signal.c              |   23 ++++++++++-------------

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>