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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-05-25 14:58:04 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-05-25 14:58:04 -0700
commit4b463f785837f73bdd88ae3821bb7b69599010c9 (patch)
tree80dc0a7e3e33596ff3ece410d9ff9e6b63e45b87 /kernel/signal.c
parent6df16d0c35b9c0d3627f30c106e6142d3d12662b (diff)
parent384f1fcd2db8bc5a15f20f10793d8e1c82acd6c5 (diff)
Merge of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/.git/
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 8f3debc77c5..b3c24c732c5 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -522,7 +522,16 @@ static int __dequeue_signal(struct sigpending *pending, sigset_t *mask,
{
int sig = 0;
- sig = next_signal(pending, mask);
+ /* SIGKILL must have priority, otherwise it is quite easy
+ * to create an unkillable process, sending sig < SIGKILL
+ * to self */
+ if (unlikely(sigismember(&pending->signal, SIGKILL))) {
+ if (!sigismember(mask, SIGKILL))
+ sig = SIGKILL;
+ }
+
+ if (likely(!sig))
+ sig = next_signal(pending, mask);
if (sig) {
if (current->notifier) {
if (sigismember(current->notifier_mask, sig)) {