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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net>
Cc: anna-maria@linutronix.de, frederic@kernel.org,
	jwlee2217@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	peterz@infradead.org, qw3rtyp0@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: don't abuse lock_task_sighand() in handle_posix_cpu_timers()
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 18:42:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <akk4DeHaYiqNktLJ@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C816BC02-20F2-4E04-98D4-8C145FE1FA3B@grrlz.net>

On 07/04, Bradley Morgan wrote:
>
> Something else I'd like to bring up though, this file has already
> regressed once, 0bdd2ed4138e (dropping the exit_state check)
>
> And then f90fff1e152d re adding it.
>
> Would a WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk != current) be worth adding?

Well may be, up to Thomas...

But note that the problem was not that tsk != current. The problem was
that tsk->sighand could go away after unlock_task_sighand(tsk), even if
tsk == current.

> Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net>

Thanks,

Oleg.


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-04 16:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-04 11:09 [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: don't abuse lock_task_sighand() in handle_posix_cpu_timers() Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-04 14:42 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-04 16:42   ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2026-07-04 17:05   ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-04 17:06     ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-04 17:09     ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-05 12:27     ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-05 10:18 ` [tip: timers/core] posix-cpu-timers: Don't " tip-bot2 for Oleg Nesterov

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