X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2Fposix-cpu-timers.c;h=895337b16a24e7b9df95e8a9306b224bbe000971;hb=bfdbc0acadcc761b94814d78f0acec90f0d760de;hp=153dcb2639c3df614c7862041a9d485b7dbe6614;hpb=99ebcf8285df28f32fd2d1c19a7166e70f00309c;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 153dcb2639c..895337b16a2 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1308,9 +1308,10 @@ static inline int task_cputime_expired(const struct task_cputime *sample,
  */
 static inline int fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
+	struct signal_struct *sig;
 
-	if (unlikely(!sig))
+	/* tsk == current, ensure it is safe to use ->signal/sighand */
+	if (unlikely(tsk->exit_state))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!task_cputime_zero(&tsk->cputime_expires)) {
@@ -1323,6 +1324,8 @@ static inline int fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		if (task_cputime_expired(&task_sample, &tsk->cputime_expires))
 			return 1;
 	}
+
+	sig = tsk->signal;
 	if (!task_cputime_zero(&sig->cputime_expires)) {
 		struct task_cputime group_sample;