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Kernel: Mark sys$kill as not needing the big lock

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This syscall sends a signal to other threads or itself. This mechanism
is already guarded by locking mechanisms, and widely used within the
kernel without help from the big lock.
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Andreas Kling 2023-04-03 18:39:07 +02:00
parent 3108daecc5
commit e71b84228e
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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Kernel/Syscalls/kill.cpp
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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> Process::do_killself(int signal)
ErrorOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$kill(pid_t pid_or_pgid, int signal)
{
VERIFY_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK_ACQUIRED(this);
VERIFY_NO_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK(this);
if (pid_or_pgid == pid().value())
TRY(require_promise(Pledge::stdio));
else