From: Oleg Nesterov handle_stop_signal() was changed, now send_group_sigqueue() doesn't need tasklist_lock. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/signal.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/signal.c~signals-send_group_sigqueue-dont-take-tasklist_lock kernel/signal.c --- a/kernel/signal.c~signals-send_group_sigqueue-dont-take-tasklist_lock +++ a/kernel/signal.c @@ -1335,7 +1335,6 @@ send_group_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigq BUG_ON(!(q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC)); - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); /* Since it_lock is held, p->sighand cannot be NULL. */ spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags); @@ -1344,7 +1343,7 @@ send_group_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigq __group_complete_signal(sig, p); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags); - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + return ret; } _