The patch titled wait_task_stopped: simplify and fix races with SIGCONT/SIGKILL/untrace has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is wait_task_stopped-simplify-and-fix-races-with-sigcont-sigkill-untrace.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: wait_task_stopped: simplify and fix races with SIGCONT/SIGKILL/untrace From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wait_task_stopped() has multiple races with SIGCONT/SIGKILL. tasklist_lock does not pin the child in TASK_TRACED/TASK_STOPPED stated, almost all info reported (including exit_code) may be wrong. In fact, the code under write_lock_irq(tasklist_lock) is not safe. The child may be PTRACE_DETACH'ed at this time by another subthread, in that case it is possible we are no longer its ->parent. Change wait_task_stopped() to take ->siglock before inspecting the task. This guarantees that the child can't resume and (for example) clear its ->exit_code, so we don't need to use xchg(&p->exit_code) and re-check. The only exception is ptrace_stop() which changes ->state and ->exit_code without ->siglock held during abort. But this can only happen if both the tracer and the tracee are dying (coredump is in progress), we don't care. With this patch wait_task_stopped() doesn't move the child to the end of the ->parent lis t on success. This optimization could be restored, but in that case we have to take write_lock(tasklist) and do some nasty checks. Also change the do_wait() since we don't return EAGAIN any longer. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/exit.c | 88 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~wait_task_stopped-simplify-and-fix-races-with-sigcont-sigkill-untrace kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~wait_task_stopped-simplify-and-fix-races-with-sigcont-sigkill-untrace +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -1352,17 +1352,35 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task int noreap, struct siginfo __user *infop, int __user *stat_addr, struct rusage __user *ru) { - int retval, exit_code; + int retval, exit_code, why; + uid_t uid = 0; /* unneeded, required by compiler */ pid_t pid; - if (!p->exit_code) - return 0; + exit_code = 0; + spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock); + + if (unlikely(!is_task_stopped_or_traced(p))) + goto unlock_sig; + if (delayed_group_leader && !(p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) && p->signal->group_stop_count > 0) /* * A group stop is in progress and this is the group leader. * We won't report until all threads have stopped. */ + goto unlock_sig; + + exit_code = p->exit_code; + if (!exit_code) + goto unlock_sig; + + if (!noreap) + p->exit_code = 0; + + uid = p->uid; +unlock_sig: + spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock); + if (!exit_code) return 0; /* @@ -1372,65 +1390,15 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task * keep holding onto the tasklist_lock while we call getrusage and * possibly take page faults for user memory. */ - pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns); get_task_struct(p); + pid = task_pid_nr_ns(p, current->nsproxy->pid_ns); + why = (p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED; read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); - if (unlikely(noreap)) { - uid_t uid = p->uid; - int why = (p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED; - - exit_code = p->exit_code; - if (unlikely(!exit_code) || unlikely(p->exit_state)) - goto bail_ref; + if (unlikely(noreap)) return wait_noreap_copyout(p, pid, uid, why, exit_code, infop, ru); - } - - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); - - /* - * This uses xchg to be atomic with the thread resuming and setting - * it. It must also be done with the write lock held to prevent a - * race with the EXIT_ZOMBIE case. - */ - exit_code = xchg(&p->exit_code, 0); - if (unlikely(p->exit_state)) { - /* - * The task resumed and then died. Let the next iteration - * catch it in EXIT_ZOMBIE. Note that exit_code might - * already be zero here if it resumed and did _exit(0). - * The task itself is dead and won't touch exit_code again; - * other processors in this function are locked out. - */ - p->exit_code = exit_code; - exit_code = 0; - } - if (unlikely(exit_code == 0)) { - /* - * Another thread in this function got to it first, or it - * resumed, or it resumed and then died. - */ - write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); -bail_ref: - put_task_struct(p); - /* - * We are returning to the wait loop without having successfully - * removed the process and having released the lock. We cannot - * continue, since the "p" task pointer is potentially stale. - * - * Return -EAGAIN, and do_wait() will restart the loop from the - * beginning. Do _not_ re-acquire the lock. - */ - return -EAGAIN; - } - - /* move to end of parent's list to avoid starvation */ - remove_parent(p); - add_parent(p); - - write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); retval = ru ? getrusage(p, RUSAGE_BOTH, ru) : 0; if (!retval && stat_addr) @@ -1440,15 +1408,13 @@ bail_ref: if (!retval && infop) retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno); if (!retval && infop) - retval = put_user((short)((p->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) - ? CLD_TRAPPED : CLD_STOPPED), - &infop->si_code); + retval = put_user(why, &infop->si_code); if (!retval && infop) retval = put_user(exit_code, &infop->si_status); if (!retval && infop) retval = put_user(pid, &infop->si_pid); if (!retval && infop) - retval = put_user(p->uid, &infop->si_uid); + retval = put_user(uid, &infop->si_uid); if (!retval) retval = pid; put_task_struct(p); @@ -1555,8 +1521,6 @@ repeat: retval = wait_task_stopped(p, ret == 2, (options & WNOWAIT), infop, stat_addr, ru); - if (retval == -EAGAIN) - goto repeat; if (retval != 0) /* He released the lock. */ goto end; } else if (p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are wait_task_stopped-dont-use-task_pid_nr_ns-lockless.patch proc-remove-races-from-proc_id_readdir.patch wait_task_stopped-pass-correct-exit_code-to.patch use-__set_task_state-for-traced-stopped-tasks.patch add-task_wakekill.patch do_wait-remove-one-else-if-branch.patch proc-implement-proc_single_file_operations.patch proc-rewrite-do_task_stat-to-correctly-handle-pid-namespaces.patch proc-seqfile-convert-proc_pid_statm.patch proc-proper-pidns-handling-for-proc-self.patch proc-fix-the-threaded-proc-self.patch kill-pt_attached.patch kill-my_ptrace_child.patch ptrace_check_attach-remove-unneeded-signal-=-null-check.patch ptrace_stop-fix-the-race-with-ptrace-detachattach.patch wait_task_stopped-simplify-and-fix-races-with-sigcont-sigkill-untrace.patch do_wait-factor-out-retval-=-0-checks.patch ptrace_stop-fix-racy-nonstop_code-setting.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html