Every user of send_signal() must check ret twice. Change the meaning of the returned value, so that ret <= 0 means we can just return, and ret == 1 means the signal was queued. Saves a couple of if's and imho makes the code more logical.
Also, remove now unneeded "ret = 0" initializions. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- t/kernel/signal.c 2008-02-12 15:10:07.814848687 +0300 +++ t/kernel/signal.c 2008-02-12 15:09:14.000000000 +0300 @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int send_signal(int sig, struct s * detailed information about the cause of the signal. */ if (sig_ignored(t, sig) || legacy_queue(signals, sig)) - return 1; + return 0; /* * Deliver the signal to listening signalfds. This must be called @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static int send_signal(int sig, struct s out_set: sigaddset(&signals->signal, sig); - return 0; + return 1; } int print_fatal_signals; @@ -769,16 +769,16 @@ __setup("print-fatal-signals=", setup_pr static int specific_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t) { - int ret = 0; + int ret; BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled()); assert_spin_locked(&t->sighand->siglock); ret = send_signal(sig, info, t, &t->pending); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret <= 0) return ret; - if (!ret && !sigismember(&t->blocked, sig)) + if (!sigismember(&t->blocked, sig)) signal_wake_up(t, sig == SIGKILL); return 0; } @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ __group_complete_signal(int sig, struct int __group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p) { - int ret = 0; + int ret; assert_spin_locked(&p->sighand->siglock); handle_stop_signal(sig, p); @@ -957,11 +957,10 @@ __group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct si * to avoid several races. */ ret = send_signal(sig, info, p, &p->signal->shared_pending); - if (unlikely(ret < 0)) + if (ret <= 0) return ret; - if (!ret) - __group_complete_signal(sig, p); + __group_complete_signal(sig, p); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/