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posix timers: timer_delete: remove the bogus "->it_process != NULL" check
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:47:26 +0000 (01:47 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:53:38 +0000 (10:53 -0700)
sys_timer_delete() and itimer_delete() check "timer->it_process != NULL",
this looks completely bogus.  ->it_process == NULL means that this timer
is already under destruction or it is not fully initialized, this must not
happen.

sys_timer_delete: the timer is locked, and lock_timer() can't succeed
if ->it_process == NULL.

itimer_delete: it is called by exit_itimers() when there are no other
threads which can play with signal_struct->posix_timers.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/posix-timers.c

index dbd8398ddb0b41fa1f391849b82199078e72de70..17f53266fb67680af591cb0b776534ed16c23105 100644 (file)
@@ -856,11 +856,10 @@ retry_delete:
         * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
         * they got something (see the lock code above).
         */
-       if (timer->it_process) {
-               if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-                       put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
-               timer->it_process = NULL;
-       }
+       if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+               put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+       timer->it_process = NULL;
+
        unlock_timer(timer, flags);
        release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
        return 0;
@@ -885,11 +884,10 @@ retry_delete:
         * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
         * they got something (see the lock code above).
         */
-       if (timer->it_process) {
-               if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-                       put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
-               timer->it_process = NULL;
-       }
+       if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+               put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+       timer->it_process = NULL;
+
        unlock_timer(timer, flags);
        release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
 }