1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 5630255d2e2a..228fdb5c01d1 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1119,19 +1119,18 @@ kill_pg_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pgrp)
 int kill_pid_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid)
 {
         int error;
-        int acquired_tasklist_lock = 0;
         struct task_struct *p;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig))) {
+        if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
                 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-                acquired_tasklist_lock = 1;
-        }
+
         p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
         error = -ESRCH;
         if (p)
                 error = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
-        if (unlikely(acquired_tasklist_lock))
+
+        if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
                 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
         rcu_read_unlock();
         return error;
@@ -2283,7 +2282,7 @@ static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
  *  @pid: the PID of the thread
  *  @sig: signal to be sent
  *
- *  This syscall also checks the tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
+ *  This syscall also checks the @tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
  *  exists but it's not belonging to the target process anymore. This
  *  method solves the problem of threads exiting and PIDs getting reused.
  */