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-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c31
-rw-r--r--kernel/gcov/Kconfig3
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c2
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 20a40647152..f2b321bae44 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -561,29 +561,28 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
#ifdef CONFIG_MM_OWNER
/*
- * Task p is exiting and it owned mm, lets find a new owner for it
+ * A task is exiting. If it owned this mm, find a new owner for the mm.
*/
-static inline int
-mm_need_new_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
-{
- /*
- * If there are other users of the mm and the owner (us) is exiting
- * we need to find a new owner to take on the responsibility.
- */
- if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
- return 0;
- if (mm->owner != p)
- return 0;
- return 1;
-}
-
void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct task_struct *c, *g, *p = current;
retry:
- if (!mm_need_new_owner(mm, p))
+ /*
+ * If the exiting or execing task is not the owner, it's
+ * someone else's problem.
+ */
+ if (mm->owner != p)
return;
+ /*
+ * The current owner is exiting/execing and there are no other
+ * candidates. Do not leave the mm pointing to a possibly
+ * freed task structure.
+ */
+ if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
+ mm->owner = NULL;
+ return;
+ }
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
/*
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index b8cadf70b1f..5bf924d80b5 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
config GCOV_KERNEL
bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
- depends on DEBUG_FS && CONSTRUCTORS
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ select CONSTRUCTORS
default n
---help---
This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 86c32b884f8..ff767860332 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
/**
* sys_rt_sigprocmask - change the list of currently blocked signals
* @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
- * @set: stores pending signals
+ * @nset: stores pending signals
* @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
* @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
*/