[PATCH v2 2/3] signal: turn the "bool force" arg of __send_signal_locked() into "int flags"
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 09:28:25 EST
No functional change. Preparation for the next patch which will add another
flag to fix the SA_IMMUTABLE signal evasion.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/signal.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 68af503ed43c..9c607a598ba1 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1037,8 +1037,10 @@ static inline bool legacy_queue(struct sigpending *signals, int sig)
return (sig < SIGRTMIN) && sigismember(&signals->signal, sig);
}
+#define SEND_SIGNAL_FORCE (1 << 0)
+
static int __send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
- struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type, bool force)
+ struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type, int flags)
{
struct sigpending *pending;
struct sigqueue *q;
@@ -1048,7 +1050,7 @@ static int __send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
lockdep_assert_held(&t->sighand->siglock);
result = TRACE_SIGNAL_IGNORED;
- if (!prepare_signal(sig, t, force))
+ if (!prepare_signal(sig, t, flags & SEND_SIGNAL_FORCE))
goto ret;
pending = (type != PIDTYPE_PID) ? &t->signal->shared_pending : &t->pending;
@@ -1211,7 +1213,8 @@ int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
force = true;
}
}
- return __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, type, force);
+ return __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, type,
+ force ? SEND_SIGNAL_FORCE : 0);
}
static void print_fatal_signal(int signr)
@@ -1295,6 +1298,7 @@ force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
unsigned long int flags;
int ret, blocked, ignored;
struct k_sigaction *action;
+ int send_flags = SEND_SIGNAL_FORCE;
int sig = info->si_signo;
spin_lock_irqsave(&t->sighand->siglock, flags);
@@ -1315,7 +1319,7 @@ force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
if (action->sa.sa_handler == SIG_DFL &&
(!t->ptrace || (handler == HANDLER_EXIT)))
t->signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE;
- ret = __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, PIDTYPE_PID, true);
+ ret = __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, PIDTYPE_PID, send_flags);
/* This can happen if the signal was already pending and blocked */
if (!task_sigpending(t))
signal_wake_up(t, 0);
@@ -1550,7 +1554,7 @@ int kill_pid_usb_asyncio(int sig, int errno, sigval_t addr,
if (sig) {
if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
- ret = __send_signal_locked(sig, &info, p, PIDTYPE_TGID, false);
+ ret = __send_signal_locked(sig, &info, p, PIDTYPE_TGID, 0);
unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
} else
ret = -ESRCH;
@@ -2259,7 +2263,7 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
* parent's namespaces.
*/
if (sig)
- __send_signal_locked(sig, &info, tsk->parent, PIDTYPE_TGID, false);
+ __send_signal_locked(sig, &info, tsk->parent, PIDTYPE_TGID, 0);
__wake_up_parent(tsk, tsk->parent);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psig->siglock, flags);
--
2.52.0