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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c71
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 8d6e64dfa5c..1d905ec74bd 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2283,26 +2283,13 @@ sys_kill(int pid, int sig)
return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
}
-/**
- * sys_tgkill - send signal to one specific thread
- * @tgid: the thread group ID of the thread
- * @pid: the PID of the thread
- * @sig: signal to be sent
- *
- * This syscall also checks the tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
- * exists but it's not belonging to the target process anymore. This
- * method solves the problem of threads exiting and PIDs getting reused.
- */
-asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
+static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
{
- struct siginfo info;
int error;
+ struct siginfo info;
struct task_struct *p;
- /* This is only valid for single tasks */
- if (pid <= 0 || tgid <= 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
+ error = -ESRCH;
info.si_signo = sig;
info.si_errno = 0;
info.si_code = SI_TKILL;
@@ -2311,8 +2298,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
- error = -ESRCH;
- if (p && (p->tgid == tgid)) {
+ if (p && (tgid <= 0 || p->tgid == tgid)) {
error = check_kill_permission(sig, &info, p);
/*
* The null signal is a permissions and process existence
@@ -2326,47 +2312,40 @@ asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
}
}
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
return error;
}
+/**
+ * sys_tgkill - send signal to one specific thread
+ * @tgid: the thread group ID of the thread
+ * @pid: the PID of the thread
+ * @sig: signal to be sent
+ *
+ * This syscall also checks the tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
+ * exists but it's not belonging to the target process anymore. This
+ * method solves the problem of threads exiting and PIDs getting reused.
+ */
+asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
+{
+ /* This is only valid for single tasks */
+ if (pid <= 0 || tgid <= 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return do_tkill(tgid, pid, sig);
+}
+
/*
* Send a signal to only one task, even if it's a CLONE_THREAD task.
*/
asmlinkage long
sys_tkill(int pid, int sig)
{
- struct siginfo info;
- int error;
- struct task_struct *p;
-
/* This is only valid for single tasks */
if (pid <= 0)
return -EINVAL;
- info.si_signo = sig;
- info.si_errno = 0;
- info.si_code = SI_TKILL;
- info.si_pid = current->tgid;
- info.si_uid = current->uid;
-
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
- error = -ESRCH;
- if (p) {
- error = check_kill_permission(sig, &info, p);
- /*
- * The null signal is a permissions and process existence
- * probe. No signal is actually delivered.
- */
- if (!error && sig && p->sighand) {
- spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
- handle_stop_signal(sig, p);
- error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, &info, p);
- spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
- }
- }
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- return error;
+ return do_tkill(0, pid, sig);
}
asmlinkage long