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Subject[PATCH 3/4] posix timers: timer_delete: remove the bogus "->it_process != NULL" check
sys_timer_delete() and itimer_delete() check "timer->it_process != NULL", this
looks completely bogus. ->it_process == NULL means that this timer is already
under destruction or it is not fully initialized, this must not happen.

sys_timer_delete: the timer is locked, and lock_timer() can't succeed
if ->it_process == NULL.

itimer_delete: it is called by exit_itimers() when there are no other
threads which can play with signal_struct->posix_timers.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>

--- 25/kernel/posix-timers.c~3_TDEL_NO_CHECK 2008-04-24 16:52:11.000000000 +0400
+++ 25/kernel/posix-timers.c 2008-05-03 19:55:27.000000000 +0400
@@ -855,11 +855,10 @@ retry_delete:
* This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
* they got something (see the lock code above).
*/
- if (timer->it_process) {
- if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
- put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
- timer->it_process = NULL;
- }
+ if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+ put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+ timer->it_process = NULL;
+
unlock_timer(timer, flags);
release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
return 0;
@@ -884,11 +883,10 @@ retry_delete:
* This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
* they got something (see the lock code above).
*/
- if (timer->it_process) {
- if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
- put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
- timer->it_process = NULL;
- }
+ if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+ put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+ timer->it_process = NULL;
+
unlock_timer(timer, flags);
release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
}


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