Merge tag 'core_urgent_for_v5.16_rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm…

…/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull signal handlign fix from Borislav Petkov:

 - Prevent lock contention on the new sigaltstack lock on the
   common-case path, when no changes have been made to the alternative
   signal stack.

* tag 'core_urgent_for_v5.16_rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  signal: Skip the altstack update when not needed

kernel/signal.c

@@ -4185,6 +4185,15 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp,
 				ss_mode != 0))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		/*
+		 * Return before taking any locks if no actual
+		 * sigaltstack changes were requested.
+		 */
+		if (t->sas_ss_sp == (unsigned long)ss_sp &&
+		    t->sas_ss_size == ss_size &&
+		    t->sas_ss_flags == ss_flags)
+			return 0;
+
 		sigaltstack_lock();
 		if (ss_mode == SS_DISABLE) {
 			ss_size = 0;