exit: move taskstats_tgid_free() from __exit_signal() to free_signal_struct()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Wed, 26 May 2010 21:43:20 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 27 May 2010 16:12:46 +0000 (09:12 -0700)
Move taskstats_tgid_free() from __exit_signal() to free_signal_struct().

This way signal->stats never points to nowhere and we can read ->stats
lockless.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/exit.c
kernel/fork.c

index 3602f46..357d443 100644 (file)
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
        clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk,TIF_SIGPENDING);
        if (group_dead) {
                flush_sigqueue(&sig->shared_pending);
-               taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
                tty_kref_put(tty);
        }
 }
index 58f8611..7701470 100644 (file)
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);
 
 static inline void free_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
+       taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
        kmem_cache_free(signal_cachep, sig);
 }