[PATCH] replace cad_pid by a struct pid
There are a few places in the kernel where the init task is signaled. The
ctrl+alt+del sequence is one them. It kills a task, usually init, using a
cached pid (cad_pid).
This patch replaces the pid_t by a struct pid to avoid pid wrap around
problem. The struct pid is initialized at boot time in init() and can be
modified through systctl with
/proc/sys/kernel/cad_pid
[ I haven't found any distro using it ? ]
It also introduces a small helper routine kill_cad_pid() which is used
where it seemed ok to use cad_pid instead of pid 1.
[akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix]
Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-reset.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-reset.c
index 8134220..7a941ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-reset.c
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
if (machine_state & MACHINE_PANICED)
return;
- if ((machine_state & MACHINE_SHUTTING_DOWN) || kill_proc(1,SIGINT,1)) {
+ if ((machine_state & MACHINE_SHUTTING_DOWN) ||
+ kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1)) {
/* No init process or button pressed twice. */
sgi_machine_power_off();
}
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
index 79ddb46..fd0932b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
if (has_panicked)
return;
- if (shuting_down || kill_proc(1, SIGINT, 1)) {
+ if (shuting_down || kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1)) {
/* No init process or button pressed twice. */
ip32_machine_power_off();
}