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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 7ed8d5304bec..df18c167a2a7 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -267,18 +267,25 @@ static struct sigqueue *__sigqueue_alloc(struct task_struct *t, gfp_t flags,
int override_rlimit)
{
struct sigqueue *q = NULL;
+ struct user_struct *user;
- atomic_inc(&t->user->sigpending);
+ /*
+ * In order to avoid problems with "switch_user()", we want to make
+ * sure that the compiler doesn't re-load "t->user"
+ */
+ user = t->user;
+ barrier();
+ atomic_inc(&user->sigpending);
if (override_rlimit ||
- atomic_read(&t->user->sigpending) <=
+ atomic_read(&user->sigpending) <=
t->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_SIGPENDING].rlim_cur)
q = kmem_cache_alloc(sigqueue_cachep, flags);
if (unlikely(q == NULL)) {
- atomic_dec(&t->user->sigpending);
+ atomic_dec(&user->sigpending);
} else {
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->list);
q->flags = 0;
- q->user = get_uid(t->user);
+ q->user = get_uid(user);
}
return(q);
}