From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Jaime Saguillo Revilla <jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: array: drop stale FIXME about RCU in task_sig()
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:55:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZHscwK0j3068kFS@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260215124511.14227-1-jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
On 02/15, Jaime Saguillo Revilla wrote:
> task_sig() already wraps the SigQ rlimit read in an explicit RCU
> read-side critical section. Drop the stale FIXME comment and keep using
> task_ucounts() for the ucounts access.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jaime Saguillo Revilla <jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
> ---
> fs/proc/array.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
> index f447e734612a..90fb0c6b5f99 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/array.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/array.c
> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static inline void task_sig(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
> blocked = p->blocked;
> collect_sigign_sigcatch(p, &ignored, &caught);
> num_threads = get_nr_threads(p);
> - rcu_read_lock(); /* FIXME: is this correct? */
> + rcu_read_lock();
> qsize = get_rlimit_value(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
I think that task_ucounts/rcu interaction need cleanups, I'll try to do
this next week(s)...
But as for this change I agree: the code is correct and "FIXME' adds the
unnecessary confusion.
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-15 15:55 UTC|newest]
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2026-02-15 12:45 [PATCH] proc: array: drop stale FIXME about RCU in task_sig() Jaime Saguillo Revilla
2026-02-15 15:55 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2026-02-16 21:03 ` Jaime
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