Merge tag 'for-linus-2020-03-07' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux

Pull thread fixes from Christian Brauner:
 "Here are a few hopefully uncontroversial fixes:

   - Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when initializing rcu protected members in
     task_struct to fix sparse warnings.

   - Add pidfd_fdinfo_test binary to .gitignore file"

* tag 'for-linus-2020-03-07' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux:
  selftests: pidfd: Add pidfd_fdinfo_test in .gitignore
  exit: Fix Sparse errors and warnings
  fork: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() instead of rcu_access_pointer()

Author: torvalds

kernel/exit.c

@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struct task_struct *father,
 	reaper = find_new_reaper(father, reaper);
 	list_for_each_entry(p, &father->children, sibling) {
 		for_each_thread(p, t) {
-			t->real_parent = reaper;
-			BUG_ON((!t->ptrace) != (t->parent == father));
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(t->real_parent, reaper);
+			BUG_ON((!t->ptrace) != (rcu_access_pointer(t->parent) == father));
 			if (likely(!t->ptrace))
 				t->parent = t->real_parent;
 			if (t->pdeath_signal)

kernel/fork.c

@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int copy_sighand(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	sig = kmem_cache_alloc(sighand_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, sig);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tsk->sighand, sig);
 	if (!sig)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 

tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ pidfd_open_test
 pidfd_poll_test
 pidfd_test
 pidfd_wait
+pidfd_fdinfo_test
 pidfd_getfd_test