[PATCH] selftests/proc: avoid exit() from SIGALRM handler

From: Paul Dolan

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 09:43:22 EST


proc-tid0 uses SIGALRM to stop the test after one second, but the
signal handler calls exit(), which is not async-signal-safe.

Set a sig_atomic_t flag from the handler instead and let the main loop
terminate normally. This also preserves the existing atexit cleanup
that kills the worker child.

Fixes: 0658a0961b0a ("procfs: do not list TID 0 in /proc/<pid>/task")
Signed-off-by: Paul Dolan <paul.dolan.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-tid0.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-tid0.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-tid0.c
index 58c1d7c90a8e..79d3704b2b33 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-tid0.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-tid0.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@

static pid_t pid = -1;

+static volatile sig_atomic_t alarmed;
+
static void atexit_hook(void)
{
if (pid > 0) {
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ static void *f(void *_)

static void sigalrm(int _)
{
- exit(0);
+ alarmed = 1;
}

int main(void)
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ int main(void)
signal(SIGALRM, sigalrm);
alarm(1);

- while (1) {
+ while (!alarmed) {
DIR *d = opendir(buf);
struct dirent *de;
while ((de = readdir(d))) {
--
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