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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 98b65cb35830..989b1cc9116a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1959,14 +1959,15 @@ static void posixtimer_queue_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t,
*
* Where type is not PIDTYPE_PID, signals must be delivered to the
* process. In this case, prefer to deliver to current if it is in
- * the same thread group as the target process, which avoids
- * unnecessarily waking up a potentially idle task.
+ * the same thread group as the target process and its sighand is
+ * stable, which avoids unnecessarily waking up a potentially idle task.
*/
static inline struct task_struct *posixtimer_get_target(struct k_itimer *tmr)
{
struct task_struct *t = pid_task(tmr->it_pid, tmr->it_pid_type);
- if (t && tmr->it_pid_type != PIDTYPE_PID && same_thread_group(t, current))
+ if (t && tmr->it_pid_type != PIDTYPE_PID &&
+ same_thread_group(t, current) && !current->exit_state)
t = current;
return t;
}