From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -mm 1/1] signal: avoid unconditional siginfo copy in send_signal_locked()
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 16:34:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akkaAgNfUby5_3nM@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <akkZ4mXxiX3ib0oq@redhat.com>
send_signal_locked() unconditionally copies siginfo before the namespace
translation to avoid corrupting a shared siginfo.
Not that I think this can actually hurt performance-wise, just it doesn't
look clean to me; the copy is only needed in the unlikely case when the
translation will actually change something.
Defer it to the two cases where si_pid/si_uid are rewritten, and while at
it add #ifdef's just for completeness.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---
kernel/signal.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 041498ff835e..0f509ee4f42d 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static inline bool has_si_pid_and_uid(struct kernel_siginfo *info)
int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type)
{
- struct kernel_siginfo rewritten;
+ struct kernel_siginfo __maybe_unused rewritten;
/* Should SIGKILL or SIGSTOP be received by a pid namespace init? */
bool force = false;
@@ -1193,27 +1193,34 @@ int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
force = true;
} else if (has_si_pid_and_uid(info)) {
/* SIGKILL and SIGSTOP is special or has ids */
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
struct user_namespace *t_user_ns;
-
- rewritten = *info;
- info = &rewritten;
+ kuid_t uid;
rcu_read_lock();
t_user_ns = task_cred_xxx(t, user_ns);
if (current_user_ns() != t_user_ns) {
- kuid_t uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), info->si_uid);
- info->si_uid = from_kuid_munged(t_user_ns, uid);
+ rewritten = *info;
+ info = &rewritten;
+ uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), info->si_uid);
+ rewritten.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(t_user_ns, uid);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
-
+#endif
/* A kernel generated signal? */
force = (info->si_code == SI_KERNEL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
/* From an ancestor pid namespace? */
if (!task_pid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(t))) {
- info->si_pid = 0;
+ if (info != &rewritten) {
+ rewritten = *info;
+ info = &rewritten;
+ }
+ rewritten.si_pid = 0;
force = true;
}
+#endif
}
return __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, type, force);
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-04 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-04 14:34 [PATCH -mm 0/1] signal: avoid unconditional siginfo copy in send_signal_locked() Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-04 14:34 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2026-07-04 14:46 ` [PATCH -mm 1/1] " Bradley Morgan
2026-07-06 9:11 ` Christian Brauner
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