[PATCH] arm_timer: remove a racy and obsolete PF_EXITING check

arm_timer() checks PF_EXITING to prevent BUG_ON(->exit_state) in run_posix_cpu_timers(). However, for some reason it does so only for CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD case (which is imho wrong). Also, this check is not reliable, PF_EXITING could be set on another cpu without any locks/barriers just after the check, so it can't prevent from attaching the timer to the exiting task. The previous patch makes this check unneeded. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
kyagi · Jun 17, 2006 · f53ae1d · f53ae1d
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diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ static void arm_timer(struct k_itimer *timer, union cpu_time_count now)
 	struct cpu_timer_list *next;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock)	&& (p->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return;
-
 	head = (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(timer->it_clock) ?
 		p->cpu_timers : p->signal->cpu_timers);
 	head += CPUCLOCK_WHICH(timer->it_clock);