[PATCH 0/4] Was: pidns : PR_SET_PDEATHSIG + SIGKILL regression

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sat Oct 03 2009 - 22:24:29 EST


On 10/03, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
>
> static void reparent_thread(struct task_struct *father, struct task_struct *p,
> struct list_head *dead)
> {
> - if (p->pdeath_signal)
> - group_send_sig_info(p->pdeath_signal, SEND_SIG_NOINFO, p);
> + if (p->pdeath_signal) {
> + struct siginfo info;
> +
> + info.si_code = SI_USER;
> + info.si_signo = p->pdeath_signal;
> + info.si_errno = 0;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + info.si_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(father, task_active_pid_ns(p));
> + info.si_uid = __task_cred(father)->uid;
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> + group_send_sig_info(p->pdeath_signal, &info, p);
> + }

I think the patch is correct.

But afaics we should clarify the "from user" semantics and fix
send_signal() instead.

What do you think about this simple series? (the last 2 patches
are pure cosmetic and off-topic).

Oleg.

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