[PATCH] arm_timer: remove a racy and obsolete PF_EXITING check

arm_timer() checks PF_EXITING to prevent BUG_ON(->exit_state)
in run_posix_cpu_timers().

However, for some reason it does so only for CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD
case (which is imho wrong).

Also, this check is not reliable, PF_EXITING could be set on
another cpu without any locks/barriers just after the check,
so it can't prevent from attaching the timer to the exiting
task.

The previous patch makes this check unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 4882bf1..d38d9ec 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ static void arm_timer(struct k_itimer *timer, union cpu_time_count now)
        struct cpu_timer_list *next;
        unsigned long i;
 
-       if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock) && (p->flags & PF_EXITING))
-               return;
-
        head = (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock) ?
                p->cpu_timers : p->signal->cpu_timers);
        head += CPUCLOCK_WHICH(timer->it_clock);