clear_siginfo() is responsible for clearing struct kernel_siginfo object. It's obvious that manually initializing those fields is needless as a commit[1] explains why the function introduced and its guarantee that all bits in the struct are cleared after it.
[1]: commit 8c5dbf2ae00b ("signal: Introduce clear_siginfo") Signed-off-by: Leesoo Ahn <ls...@ooseel.net> --- kernel/signal.c | 21 --------------------- 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 5736c55aaa1a..8f49fa3ade33 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -603,10 +603,7 @@ static void collect_signal(int sig, struct sigpending *list, kernel_siginfo_t *i */ clear_siginfo(info); info->si_signo = sig; - info->si_errno = 0; info->si_code = SI_USER; - info->si_pid = 0; - info->si_uid = 0; } } @@ -1120,7 +1117,6 @@ static int __send_signal(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struc case (unsigned long) SEND_SIG_NOINFO: clear_siginfo(&q->info); q->info.si_signo = sig; - q->info.si_errno = 0; q->info.si_code = SI_USER; q->info.si_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(t)); @@ -1133,10 +1129,7 @@ static int __send_signal(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struc case (unsigned long) SEND_SIG_PRIV: clear_siginfo(&q->info); q->info.si_signo = sig; - q->info.si_errno = 0; q->info.si_code = SI_KERNEL; - q->info.si_pid = 0; - q->info.si_uid = 0; break; default: copy_siginfo(&q->info, info); @@ -1623,10 +1616,7 @@ void force_sig(int sig) clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = sig; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = SI_KERNEL; - info.si_pid = 0; - info.si_uid = 0; force_sig_info(&info); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(force_sig); @@ -1659,7 +1649,6 @@ int force_sig_fault_to_task(int sig, int code, void __user *addr clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = sig; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = code; info.si_addr = addr; #ifdef __ARCH_SI_TRAPNO @@ -1691,7 +1680,6 @@ int send_sig_fault(int sig, int code, void __user *addr clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = sig; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = code; info.si_addr = addr; #ifdef __ARCH_SI_TRAPNO @@ -1712,7 +1700,6 @@ int force_sig_mceerr(int code, void __user *addr, short lsb) WARN_ON((code != BUS_MCEERR_AO) && (code != BUS_MCEERR_AR)); clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = SIGBUS; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = code; info.si_addr = addr; info.si_addr_lsb = lsb; @@ -1726,7 +1713,6 @@ int send_sig_mceerr(int code, void __user *addr, short lsb, struct task_struct * WARN_ON((code != BUS_MCEERR_AO) && (code != BUS_MCEERR_AR)); clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = SIGBUS; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = code; info.si_addr = addr; info.si_addr_lsb = lsb; @@ -1740,7 +1726,6 @@ int force_sig_bnderr(void __user *addr, void __user *lower, void __user *upper) clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = SIGSEGV; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = SEGV_BNDERR; info.si_addr = addr; info.si_lower = lower; @@ -1755,7 +1740,6 @@ int force_sig_pkuerr(void __user *addr, u32 pkey) clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = SIGSEGV; - info.si_errno = 0; info.si_code = SEGV_PKUERR; info.si_addr = addr; info.si_pkey = pkey; @@ -1934,7 +1918,6 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig) clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = sig; - info.si_errno = 0; /* * We are under tasklist_lock here so our parent is tied to * us and cannot change. @@ -2033,7 +2016,6 @@ static void do_notify_parent_cldstop(struct task_struct *tsk, clear_siginfo(&info); info.si_signo = SIGCHLD; - info.si_errno = 0; /* * see comment in do_notify_parent() about the following 4 lines */ @@ -2506,7 +2488,6 @@ static int ptrace_signal(int signr, kernel_siginfo_t *info) if (signr != info->si_signo) { clear_siginfo(info); info->si_signo = signr; - info->si_errno = 0; info->si_code = SI_USER; rcu_read_lock(); info->si_pid = task_pid_vnr(current->parent); @@ -3660,7 +3641,6 @@ static inline void prepare_kill_siginfo(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info) { clear_siginfo(info); info->si_signo = sig; - info->si_errno = 0; info->si_code = SI_USER; info->si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); info->si_uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid()); @@ -3833,7 +3813,6 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig) clear_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 = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid()); -- 2.26.2