Considering that we explicitly forbid system calls in rseq critical
sections, it is not valid to issue a fork or clone system call within a
rseq critical section, so rseq_fork() is not required to restart an
active rseq c.s. in the child process.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Watson <davejwatson@xxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@xxxxxx>
Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 87bf02d93a27..c1882643d455 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1831,9 +1831,7 @@ static inline void rseq_migrate(struct task_struct *t)
/*
* If parent process has a registered restartable sequences area, the
- * child inherits. Only applies when forking a process, not a thread. In
- * case a parent fork() in the middle of a restartable sequence, set the
- * resume notifier to force the child to retry.
+ * child inherits. Only applies when forking a process, not a thread.
*/
static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
{
@@ -1847,7 +1845,6 @@ static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
t->rseq_len = current->rseq_len;
t->rseq_sig = current->rseq_sig;
t->rseq_event_mask = current->rseq_event_mask;
- rseq_preempt(t);
}
}
--
2.11.0
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