[PATCH] uprobes: Remove redundant spinlock in uprobe_deny_signal

From: Liao Chang
Date: Wed Jul 31 2024 - 05:59:32 EST


Since clearing a bit in thread_info is an atomic operation, the spinlock
is redundant and can be removed, reducing lock contention is good for
performance.

Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 73cc47708679..76a51a1f51e2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1979,9 +1979,7 @@ bool uprobe_deny_signal(void)
WARN_ON_ONCE(utask->state != UTASK_SSTEP);

if (task_sigpending(t)) {
- spin_lock_irq(&t->sighand->siglock);
clear_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SIGPENDING);
- spin_unlock_irq(&t->sighand->siglock);

if (__fatal_signal_pending(t) || arch_uprobe_xol_was_trapped(t)) {
utask->state = UTASK_SSTEP_TRAPPED;
--
2.34.1