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-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index b6c90b5ef509..533e5f85669a 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -375,9 +375,8 @@ static void set_special_pids(struct pid *pid)
}
/*
- * Let kernel threads use this to say that they
- * allow a certain signal (since daemonize() will
- * have disabled all of them by default).
+ * Let kernel threads use this to say that they allow a certain signal.
+ * Must not be used if kthread was cloned with CLONE_SIGHAND.
*/
int allow_signal(int sig)
{
@@ -385,14 +384,14 @@ int allow_signal(int sig)
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+ /* This is only needed for daemonize()'ed kthreads */
sigdelset(&current->blocked, sig);
- if (!current->mm) {
- /* Kernel threads handle their own signals.
- Let the signal code know it'll be handled, so
- that they don't get converted to SIGKILL or
- just silently dropped */
- current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = (void __user *)2;
- }
+ /*
+ * Kernel threads handle their own signals. Let the signal code
+ * know it'll be handled, so that they don't get converted to
+ * SIGKILL or just silently dropped.
+ */
+ current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = (void __user *)2;
recalc_sigpending();
spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
return 0;