linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] um: Set parent-death signal for write

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Message-Id: <20241024142828.2612828-4-tiwei.btw@antgroup.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:28:27 +0800
From: "Tiwei Bie" <tiwei.btw@...group.com>
To: richard@....at,
	anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:  <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>,
   <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
  "Tiwei Bie" <tiwei.btw@...group.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] um: Set parent-death signal for write_sigio thread/process

The write_sigio thread is not really a traditional thread. Set
the parent-death signal for it to ensure that it will be killed
if the UML kernel dies unexpectedly without proper cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.btw@...group.com>
---
 arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
index 9e71794839e8..9aac8def4d63 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static int write_sigio_thread(void *unused)
 	int i, n, respond_fd;
 	char c;
 
+	os_set_pdeathsig();
 	os_fix_helper_signals();
 	fds = &current_poll;
 	while (1) {
-- 
2.34.1