Re: [PATCH v5 36/36] sched: Enable context analysis for core.c and fair.c

Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:04:59 -0800
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On 12/19/25 8:40 AM, Marco Elver wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
> index a63f65aa5bdd..a22248aebcf9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
> @@ -738,10 +738,12 @@ static inline int thread_group_empty(struct task_struct *p)
>   		(thread_group_leader(p) && !thread_group_empty(p))
>   
>   extern struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *task,
> -						unsigned long *flags);
> +						unsigned long *flags)
> +	__acquires(&task->sighand->siglock);

I think the above annotation is wrong and should be changed into
__cond_acquires(nonnull, &task->sighand->siglock). My understanding of
the code in kernel/signal.c is that lock_task_sighand() only returns
with sighand->siglock acquired if it returns a non-NULL pointer.

Bart.