Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] x86: signal: handle_signal() should useset_current_blocked()

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Fri Apr 22 2011 - 09:45:49 EST


On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:46:15 +0200
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is ugly, but if sigprocmask() needs retarget_shared_pending() then
> handle signal should follow this logic. In theory it is newer correct to
^^ never ;-)

> add the new signals to current->blocked, the signal handler can sleep/etc
> so we should notify other threads in case we block the pending signal and
> nobody else has TIF_SIGPENDING.
>
> Of course, this change doesn't make signals faster :/
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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