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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/signal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/signal.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h index b5d99482d3fe..1a5f88316b08 100644 --- a/include/linux/signal.h +++ b/include/linux/signal.h @@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ extern void signal_setup_done(int failed, struct ksignal *ksig, int stepping); extern void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk); extern void kernel_sigaction(int, __sighandler_t); +#define SIG_KTHREAD ((__force __sighandler_t)2) +#define SIG_KTHREAD_KERNEL ((__force __sighandler_t)3) + static inline void allow_signal(int sig) { /* @@ -289,7 +292,17 @@ static inline void allow_signal(int sig) * know it'll be handled, so that they don't get converted to * SIGKILL or just silently dropped. */ - kernel_sigaction(sig, (__force __sighandler_t)2); + kernel_sigaction(sig, SIG_KTHREAD); +} + +static inline void allow_kernel_signal(int sig) +{ + /* + * Kernel threads handle their own signals. Let the signal code + * know signals sent by the kernel will be handled, so that they + * don't get silently dropped. + */ + kernel_sigaction(sig, SIG_KTHREAD_KERNEL); } static inline void disallow_signal(int sig) |