wait_for_dump_helpers() calls wake_up/kill_fasync from inside the wait_event-like loop. This is not needed and in fact this is not strictly correct, we can/should do this only once after we change pipe->writers. We could even check if it becomes zero.
With this change it is trivial to convert this code to use wait_event_freezable() and make this function freezable/killable, only SIGKILL can set TIF_SIGPENDING. With this patch we check pipe->readers without pipe_lock(), this is fine. Once we see pipe->readers == 1 we know that the handler decremented the counter, this is all we need. Note: wait_event_freezable() is "strange", perhaps it should be changed or simply removed. In the latter case we can change this code again to use freezer_do_not_count + wait_event_interruptible. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> --- fs/coredump.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c index 4f3c8d1..284d841 100644 --- a/fs/coredump.c +++ b/fs/coredump.c @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h> #include <linux/oom.h> #include <linux/compat.h> +#include <linux/freezer.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/mmu_context.h> @@ -428,17 +429,16 @@ static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file) pipe_lock(pipe); pipe->readers++; pipe->writers--; + wake_up_interruptible_sync(&pipe->wait); + kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN); + pipe_unlock(pipe); - while ((pipe->readers > 1) && (!signal_pending(current))) { - wake_up_interruptible_sync(&pipe->wait); - kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN); - pipe_wait(pipe); - } + wait_event_freezable(pipe->wait, pipe->readers == 1); + pipe_lock(pipe); pipe->readers--; pipe->writers++; pipe_unlock(pipe); - } /* -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/