---

yaml
---
r: 10084
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3de463c
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 108150ea78003044e41150c75259447b2c0953b6
+refs/heads/master: 3de463c7d9d58f8cf3395268230cb20a4c15bffa

trunk/kernel/exit.c

@@ -825,14 +825,6 @@ fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 
 	tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
 
-	/*
-	 * Make sure we don't try to process any timer firings
-	 * while we are already exiting.
-	 */
- 	tsk->it_virt_expires = cputime_zero;
- 	tsk->it_prof_expires = cputime_zero;
-	tsk->it_sched_expires = 0;
-
 	if (unlikely(in_atomic()))
 		printk(KERN_INFO "note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
 				current->comm, current->pid,

trunk/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c

@@ -1285,30 +1285,30 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 #undef	UNEXPIRED
 
-	BUG_ON(tsk->exit_state);
-
 	/*
 	 * Double-check with locks held.
 	 */
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	spin_lock(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	if (likely(tsk->signal != NULL)) {
+		spin_lock(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Here we take off tsk->cpu_timers[N] and tsk->signal->cpu_timers[N]
-	 * all the timers that are firing, and put them on the firing list.
-	 */
-	check_thread_timers(tsk, &firing);
-	check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
+		/*
+		 * Here we take off tsk->cpu_timers[N] and tsk->signal->cpu_timers[N]
+		 * all the timers that are firing, and put them on the firing list.
+		 */
+		check_thread_timers(tsk, &firing);
+		check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
 
-	/*
-	 * We must release these locks before taking any timer's lock.
-	 * There is a potential race with timer deletion here, as the
-	 * siglock now protects our private firing list.  We have set
-	 * the firing flag in each timer, so that a deletion attempt
-	 * that gets the timer lock before we do will give it up and
-	 * spin until we've taken care of that timer below.
-	 */
-	spin_unlock(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+		/*
+		 * We must release these locks before taking any timer's lock.
+		 * There is a potential race with timer deletion here, as the
+		 * siglock now protects our private firing list.  We have set
+		 * the firing flag in each timer, so that a deletion attempt
+		 * that gets the timer lock before we do will give it up and
+		 * spin until we've taken care of that timer below.
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	}
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	/*