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-rw-r--r--sys/kern/kern_sig.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
index b30e1ed75461..5d480604ea98 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
@@ -2368,9 +2368,12 @@ tdsigwakeup(struct thread *td, int sig, sig_t action, int intrval)
thread_lock(td);
/*
* Bring the priority of a thread up if we want it to get
- * killed in this lifetime.
+ * killed in this lifetime. Be careful to avoid bumping the
+ * priority of the idle thread, since we still allow to signal
+ * kernel processes.
*/
- if (action == SIG_DFL && (prop & SA_KILL) && td->td_priority > PUSER)
+ if (action == SIG_DFL && (prop & SA_KILL) != 0 &&
+ td->td_priority > PUSER && !TD_IS_IDLETHREAD(td))
sched_prio(td, PUSER);
if (TD_ON_SLEEPQ(td)) {
/*
@@ -2408,7 +2411,7 @@ tdsigwakeup(struct thread *td, int sig, sig_t action, int intrval)
/*
* Give low priority threads a better chance to run.
*/
- if (td->td_priority > PUSER)
+ if (td->td_priority > PUSER && !TD_IS_IDLETHREAD(td))
sched_prio(td, PUSER);
wakeup_swapper = sleepq_abort(td, intrval);