(this is on top of the patch 's390: actually restart syscalls after sys_restart' which I sent last Thursday) We use TIF_RESTARTBLOCK in do_signal() to tell sys_checkpoint() to mark the thread as needing a sysc_do_restart to restart an interrupted syscall after sys_restart(). However, as Oren pointed out, if the task receives a signal after sys_restart() but before returning to userspace, and enters do_signal, then conditions will not be met to set TIF_RESTARTBLOCK. So if the restarted task freezes here and is checkpointed, then the resulting checkpoint image will not restart the interrupted syscall. So, set TIF_RESTARTBLOCK in sys_restart() if TIF_RESTARTBLOCK was set at checkpoint. Clear TIF_RESTARTBLOCK in ssyc_do_restart, so that if we do not go to do_signal right after sys_restart() we don't mistakenly keep running with that flag. To test this, add a dummy handler for SIGUSR1 to cr_tests/sleep/sleeptest.c, open two terminals, and do: Terminal 1: Terminal : mount -t cgroup -o freezer freezer /cgroup mkdir /cgroup/1 /cgroup/2 echo $$ > /cgroup/1/tasks ./sleeptest echo FROZEN > /cgroup/1/freezer.state checkpoint `pidof sleeptest` > /tmp/out thaw restart -F /cgroup/2 < /tmp/out kill -USR1 `pidof sleeptest`; echo THAWED > /cgroup/2/freezer.state ; sleep 0.3; echo FROZEN > /cgroup/2/freezer.state; checkpoint `pidof sleeptest` > /tmp/out2; echo THAWED > /cgroup/2/freezer.state restart < /tmp/out2 Without this patch, the final restart will immediately exit. With this patch, it will restart the sleep. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S index 9aff1d4..798ea9c 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ _TIF_WORK_INT = (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | \ _TIF_MCCK_PENDING) _TIF_SYSCALL = (_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE>>8 | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT>>8 | \ _TIF_SECCOMP>>8 | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT>>8) +CLR_TIF_RESTARTBLOCK = (255 - (_TIF_RESTARTBLOCK>>16)) #define BASED(name) name-system_call(%r13) @@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ sysc_mcck_pending: # sysc_sigpending: ni __TI_flags+7(%r9),255-_TIF_SINGLE_STEP # clear TIF_SINGLE_STEP + ni __TI_flags+6(%r9),CLR_TIF_RESTARTBLOCK # clear TIF_RESTARTBLOCK la %r2,SP_PTREGS(%r15) # load pt_regs brasl %r14,do_signal # call do_signal tm __TI_flags+7(%r9),_TIF_RESTART_SVC -- 1.6.1 _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers