Re: [PATCH 12/16] freezer: clean up freeze_processes() failure path

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 08/19, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
>  void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -150,11 +135,19 @@ void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
>  	 * be visible to @p as waking up implies wmb.  Waking up inside
>  	 * freezer_lock also prevents wakeups from leaking outside
>  	 * refrigerator.
> +	 *
> +	 * If !FROZEN, @p hasn't reached refrigerator, recalc sigpending to
> +	 * avoid leaving dangling TIF_SIGPENDING behind.
>  	 */
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
>  	clear_freeze_flag(p);
> -	if (frozen(p))
> +	if (frozen(p)) {
>  		wake_up_process(p);
> +	} else {
> +		spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
> +		recalc_sigpending_and_wake(p);

This was copied from cancel_, yes. but what this
recalc_sigpending_and_wake() can or should do?

It looks simply pointless. It can't clear TIF_SIGPENDING,
it can only do the unneeded/spurious wake_up(INTERRUPTIBLE).

Oleg.

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