[patch V5 14/26] posix-timers: Store PID type in the timer

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 04:45:05 EST


From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

instead of re-evaluating the signal delivery mode everywhere.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/posix-timers.h | 2 ++
kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/alarmtimer.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/pid.h>
#include <linux/posix-timers_types.h>
#include <linux/rcuref.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ struct k_itimer {
s64 it_overrun_last;
unsigned int it_signal_seq;
int it_sigev_notify;
+ enum pid_type it_pid_type;
ktime_t it_interval;
struct signal_struct *it_signal;
union {
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ bool posixtimer_deliver_signal(struct ke
int posix_timer_queue_signal(struct k_itimer *timr)
{
enum posix_timer_state state = POSIX_TIMER_DISARMED;
- enum pid_type type;
int ret;

lockdep_assert_held(&timr->it_lock);
@@ -308,8 +307,7 @@ int posix_timer_queue_signal(struct k_it
}
timr->it_status = state;

- type = !(timr->it_sigev_notify & SIGEV_THREAD_ID) ? PIDTYPE_TGID : PIDTYPE_PID;
- ret = send_sigqueue(timr->sigq, timr->it_pid, type, timr->it_signal_seq);
+ ret = send_sigqueue(timr->sigq, timr->it_pid, timr->it_pid_type, timr->it_signal_seq);
/* If we failed to send the signal the timer stops. */
return ret > 0;
}
@@ -503,6 +501,11 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t whi
new_timer->it_pid = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
}

+ if (new_timer->it_sigev_notify & SIGEV_THREAD_ID)
+ new_timer->it_pid_type = PIDTYPE_PID;
+ else
+ new_timer->it_pid_type = PIDTYPE_TGID;
+
new_timer->sigq->info.si_tid = new_timer->it_id;
new_timer->sigq->info.si_code = SI_TIMER;