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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index b6c90b5ef509..533e5f85669a 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -375,9 +375,8 @@ static void set_special_pids(struct pid *pid) } /* - * Let kernel threads use this to say that they - * allow a certain signal (since daemonize() will - * have disabled all of them by default). + * Let kernel threads use this to say that they allow a certain signal. + * Must not be used if kthread was cloned with CLONE_SIGHAND. */ int allow_signal(int sig) { @@ -385,14 +384,14 @@ int allow_signal(int sig) return -EINVAL; spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); + /* This is only needed for daemonize()'ed kthreads */ sigdelset(¤t->blocked, sig); - if (!current->mm) { - /* Kernel threads handle their own signals. - Let the signal code know it'll be handled, so - that they don't get converted to SIGKILL or - just silently dropped */ - current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = (void __user *)2; - } + /* + * Kernel threads handle their own signals. Let the signal code + * know it'll be handled, so that they don't get converted to + * SIGKILL or just silently dropped. + */ + current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = (void __user *)2; recalc_sigpending(); spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); return 0; |