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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c11
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 13371d17358..17859f0d841 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1138,8 +1138,7 @@ static int kill_something_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, int pid)
*/
/*
- * These two are the most common entry points. They send a signal
- * just to the specific thread.
+ * The caller must ensure the task can't exit.
*/
int
send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
@@ -1154,17 +1153,9 @@ send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
if (!valid_signal(sig))
return -EINVAL;
- /*
- * We need the tasklist lock even for the specific
- * thread case (when we don't need to follow the group
- * lists) in order to avoid races with "p->sighand"
- * going away or changing from under us.
- */
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
ret = specific_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
return ret;
}