Re: [PATCH -mm 3/3] proc: make task_sig() lockless

[David Howells]

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> task_sig() doesn't need ->siglock.

Except that the data returned might then be inconsistent because you don't
hold a lock as you read the various bits of it.

David
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