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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-12-10 04:23:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-12-10 04:23:19 (GMT) |
| commit | c30110608cfba7efff3a5e71914aee7c816115c5 (patch) | |
| tree | bd7fca47f16826fb4521e16ada1c25971fa42ff2 /kernel/fork.c | |
| parent | 9c37f95936b6c169e89733747504879b06e77c24 (diff) | |
| parent | d360b78f99e5d1724279644c8eb51d5cf0de4027 (diff) | |
| download | linux-c30110608cfba7efff3a5e71914aee7c816115c5.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
"These are the main changes in this cycle:
- Streamline RCU's use of per-CPU variables, shifting from "cpu"
arguments to functions to "this_"-style per-CPU variable
accessors.
- signal-handling RCU updates.
- real-time updates.
- torture-test updates.
- miscellaneous fixes.
- documentation updates"
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (34 commits)
rcu: Fix FIXME in rcu_tasks_kthread()
rcu: More info about potential deadlocks with rcu_read_unlock()
rcu: Optimize cond_resched_rcu_qs()
rcu: Add sparse check for RCU_INIT_POINTER()
documentation: memory-barriers.txt: Correct example for reorderings
documentation: Add atomic_long_t to atomic_ops.txt
documentation: Additional restriction for control dependencies
documentation: Document RCU self test boot params
rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_cbflood() memory leak
rcutorture: Remove obsolete kversion param in kvm.sh
rcutorture: Remove stale test configurations
rcutorture: Enable RCU self test in configs
rcutorture: Add early boot self tests
torture: Run Linux-kernel binary out of results directory
cpu: Avoid puts_pending overflow
rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_cleanup_after_idle()
rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_prepare_for_idle()
rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_needs_cpu()
rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_note_context_switch()
rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_preempt_check_callbacks()
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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/fork.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 9b7d746..9ca8418 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1022,11 +1022,14 @@ void __cleanup_sighand(struct sighand_struct *sighand) { if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sighand->count)) { signalfd_cleanup(sighand); + /* + * sighand_cachep is SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU so we can free it + * without an RCU grace period, see __lock_task_sighand(). + */ kmem_cache_free(sighand_cachep, sighand); } } - /* * Initialize POSIX timer handling for a thread group. */ |