From: Oleg Nesterov send_group_sigqueue() calls handle_stop_signal(), send_sigqueue() doesn't. This is not consistent and in fact I'd say this is (minor) bug. Move handle_stop_signal() from send_group_sigqueue() to do_send_sigqueue(), the latter is called by send_sigqueue() too. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/signal.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/signal.c~signals-send_sigqueue-dont-forget-about-handle_stop_signal kernel/signal.c --- a/kernel/signal.c~signals-send_sigqueue-dont-forget-about-handle_stop_signal +++ a/kernel/signal.c @@ -1274,8 +1274,10 @@ void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q) } static int do_send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t, - struct sigpending *pending) + struct sigpending *pending) { + handle_stop_signal(sig, t); + if (unlikely(!list_empty(&q->list))) { /* * If an SI_TIMER entry is already queue just increment @@ -1335,7 +1337,6 @@ send_group_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigq read_lock(&tasklist_lock); /* Since it_lock is held, p->sighand cannot be NULL. */ spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags); - handle_stop_signal(sig, p); ret = do_send_sigqueue(sig, q, p, &p->signal->shared_pending); _