[RFC patch 1/3] signals: split do_tkill

[Thomas Gleixner]

Split out the code from do_tkill to make it reusable by the follow up
patch which implements sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/signal.c |   31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/kernel/signal.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2212,24 +2212,20 @@ sys_kill(pid_t pid, int sig)
 	return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
 }
 
-static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig)
+static int
+do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct siginfo *info)
 {
-	int error;
-	struct siginfo info;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int error = -ESRCH;
 
-	error = -ESRCH;
-	info.si_signo = sig;
-	info.si_errno = 0;
-	info.si_code = SI_TKILL;
-	info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
-	info.si_uid = current->uid;
+	info->si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
+	info->si_uid = current->uid;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 	if (p && (tgid <= 0 || task_tgid_vnr(p) == tgid)) {
-		error = check_kill_permission(sig, &info, p);
+		error = check_kill_permission(sig, info, p);
 		/*
 		 * The null signal is a permissions and process existence
 		 * probe.  No signal is actually delivered.
@@ -2239,7 +2235,7 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pi
 		 * signal is private anyway.
 		 */
 		if (!error && sig && lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
-			error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, &info, p);
+			error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
 			unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2248,6 +2244,19 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pi
 	return error;
 }
 
+static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig)
+{
+	struct siginfo info;
+
+	info.si_signo = sig;
+	info.si_errno = 0;
+	info.si_code = SI_TKILL;
+	info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
+	info.si_uid = current->uid;
+
+	return do_send_specific(tgid, pid, sig, &info);
+}
+
 /**
  *  sys_tgkill - send signal to one specific thread
  *  @tgid: the thread group ID of the thread


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