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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/signal.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 9c2b32c4d755..bbc0fd4cc4d7 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -1362,8 +1362,16 @@ struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, rcu_read_lock(); for (;;) { sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand); - if (unlikely(sighand == NULL)) + if (unlikely(sighand == NULL)) { + /* + * Pairs with the smp_store_release() in + * __exit_signal(). It ensures that all state + * modifications to the task preceeding the store are + * visible to the callers of lock_task_sighand(). + */ + smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(); break; + } /* * This sighand can be already freed and even reused, but |