posix-timers: simplify de_thread()->exit_itimers() path
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:18:16 +0000 (14:18 -0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:01:03 +0000 (17:01 +0100)
Impact: simplify code

de_thread() postpones release_task(leader) until after exit_itimers().
This was needed because !SIGEV_THREAD_ID timers could use ->group_leader
without get_task_struct(). With the recent changes we can release the
leader earlier and simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
fs/exec.c

index ec5df9a38313397565e44173cc434e09f6fc6ec4..b4e5b8a9216a29b4531a701b3d76247b6ee5471f 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -772,7 +772,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
        struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
        struct sighand_struct *oldsighand = tsk->sighand;
        spinlock_t *lock = &oldsighand->siglock;
-       struct task_struct *leader = NULL;
        int count;
 
        if (thread_group_empty(tsk))
@@ -810,7 +809,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
         * and to assume its PID:
         */
        if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
-               leader = tsk->group_leader;
+               struct task_struct *leader = tsk->group_leader;
 
                sig->notify_count = -1; /* for exit_notify() */
                for (;;) {
@@ -862,8 +861,9 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
                BUG_ON(leader->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE);
                leader->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
-
                write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+
+               release_task(leader);
        }
 
        sig->group_exit_task = NULL;
@@ -872,8 +872,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 no_thread_group:
        exit_itimers(sig);
        flush_itimer_signals();
-       if (leader)
-               release_task(leader);
 
        if (atomic_read(&oldsighand->count) != 1) {
                struct sighand_struct *newsighand;