lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Sep]   [30]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
Patch in this message
/
Date
From
Subject[RFC patch 2/3] signals: implement sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
sys_kill has the per thread counterpart sys_tgkill. sigqueueinfo is
missing a thread directed counterpart. Such an interface is important
for migrating applications from other OSes which have the per thread
delivery implemented.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
kernel/signal.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/kernel/signal.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2307,6 +2307,27 @@ sys_rt_sigqueueinfo(pid_t pid, int sig,
return kill_proc_info(sig, &info, pid);
}

+asmlinkage long
+sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, siginfo_t __user *uinfo)
+{
+ siginfo_t info;
+
+ /* This is only valid for single tasks */
+ if (pid <= 0 || tgid <= 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&info, uinfo, sizeof(siginfo_t)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ /* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
+ Nor can they impersonate a kill(), which adds source info. */
+ if (info.si_code >= 0)
+ return -EPERM;
+ info.si_signo = sig;
+
+ return do_send_specific(tgid, pid, sig, &info);
+}
+
int do_sigaction(int sig, struct k_sigaction *act, struct k_sigaction *oact)
{
struct task_struct *t = current;



\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-09-30 21:53    [W:0.076 / U:1.236 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site