Re: [PATCH] signal: change sys_kill() to use SEND_SIG_NOINFO

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 15:18:41 EST


On Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:01:53 +0100 Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >TODO: kill prepare_kill_siginfo() and change other users to use
> >SEND_SIG_NOINFO too. This needs trivial changes in __send_signal_locked()
> >and TP_STORE_SIGINFO().
> >
> >Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260622164029.11474-1-include@xxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> >Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Code wise, please add my tag.
>
> Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

I updated the changelog for this patch.

> I would do acked by personally but no idea if that's liked over in this
> subsystm

Both are liked ;)

fwiw, I consider Reviewed-by to be stronger than Acked-by. I suspect
the latter sometimes means "cool changelog!".

> Description wise, I'm sure that looks fine
>
>
> Andrew, could you please take my fix?

There are many fixes, so please be specific to help avoid mistakes!

I think you're referring to
https://lore.kernel.org/all/86a8857d58d43ee26a8b365b837fd24830343494.1782159692.git.include@xxxxxxxxx/