On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:35:13 -0800 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:50:18 +0100
> Sébastien Dugué <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > +static long aio_setup_sigevent(struct aio_notify *notify,
> > + struct sigevent __user *user_event)
> > +{
> > + sigevent_t event;
> > + struct task_struct *target;
> > +
> > + if (copy_from_user(&event, user_event, sizeof (event)))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (event.sigev_notify == SIGEV_NONE)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + notify->notify = event.sigev_notify;
> > + notify->signo = event.sigev_signo;
> > + notify->value = event.sigev_value;
> > +
> > + read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> > + target = good_sigevent(&event);
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(!target || (target->flags & PF_EXITING)))
> > + goto out_unlock;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * At this point, we know that notify is either SIGEV_SIGNAL or
> > + * SIGEV_THREAD_ID and the target task is valid. So get a reference
> > + * on the task, it will be dropped in really_put_req() when
> > + * we're done with the request.
> > + */
> > + get_task_struct(target);
> > + notify->target = target;
> > + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * NOTE: we cannot free the sigqueue in the completion path as
> > + * the signal may not have been delivered to the target task.
> > + * Therefore it has to be freed in __sigqueue_free() when the
> > + * signal is collected if si_code is SI_ASYNCIO.
> > + */
> > + notify->sigq = sigqueue_alloc();
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(!notify->sigq))
> > + return -EAGAIN;
>
> Did this just leak a ref on the task_struct?
>
No, the ref is released in really_put_req() when we dispose of
the iocb.
Thanks,
Sébastien.
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