Commit-ID: 50875788a1d4a3f662a27ed13cd05282d835939a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/50875788a1d4a3f662a27ed13cd05282d835939a Author: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:41:11 +0200 Committer: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:53:51 +0100 posix-timers: Use sighand lock instead of tasklist_lock for task clock sample There is no need for the tasklist_lock just to take a process wide clock sample. All we need is to get a coherent sample that doesn't race with exit() and exec(): * exit() may be concurrently reaping a task and flushing its time * sighand is unstable under exit() and exec(), and the latter also result in group leader that can change To protect against these, locking the target's sighand is enough. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c index 03c5d6c3..71a07699 100644 --- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c +++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c @@ -271,12 +271,22 @@ static int posix_cpu_clock_get_task(struct task_struct *tsk, if (same_thread_group(tsk, current)) err = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock, tsk, &rtn); } else { - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + unsigned long flags; + struct sighand_struct *sighand; - if (tsk->sighand && (tsk == current || thread_group_leader(tsk))) + /* + * while_each_thread() is not yet entirely RCU safe, + * keep locking the group while sampling process + * clock for now. + */ + sighand = lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags); + if (!sighand) + return err; + + if (tsk == current || thread_group_leader(tsk)) err = cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock, tsk, &rtn); - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags); } if (!err) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html