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-rw-r--r--kernel/itimer.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 1dc988e0d2c7..a72cb0e5aa4b 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -153,11 +153,15 @@ int do_setitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *ovalue)
switch (which) {
case ITIMER_REAL:
+again:
spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
interval = tsk->signal->it_real_incr;
val = it_real_value(tsk->signal);
- if (val)
- del_timer_sync(&tsk->signal->real_timer);
+ /* We are sharing ->siglock with it_real_fn() */
+ if (try_to_del_timer_sync(&tsk->signal->real_timer) < 0) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+ goto again;
+ }
tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_interval);
it_real_arm(tsk, timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_value));