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signals: handle_stop_signal: don't worry about SIGKILL
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signals-handle_stop_signal-dont-worry-about-sigkill.patch
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Subject: signals: handle_stop_signal: don't worry about SIGKILL
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
handle_stop_signal() clears SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED when sig == SIGKILL. Remove
this nasty special case. It was needed to prevent the race with group stop
and exit caused by thread-specific SIGKILL. Now that we use complete_signal()
for private signals too this is not needed, complete_signal() will notice
SIGKILL and abort the soon-to-begin group stop.
Except: the target thread is dead (has PF_EXITING). But in that case we
should not just clear SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED and nothing more. We should either
kill the whole thread group, or silently ignore the signal.
I suspect we are not right wrt zombie leaders, but this is another issue which
and should be fixed separately. Note that this check can't abort the group
stop if it was already started/finished, this check only adds a subtle side
effect if we race with the thread which has already dequeued sig_kernel_stop()
signal and temporary released ->siglock.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/signal.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/signal.c~signals-handle_stop_signal-dont-worry-about-sigkill kernel/signal.c
--- a/kernel/signal.c~signals-handle_stop_signal-dont-worry-about-sigkill
+++ a/kernel/signal.c
@@ -643,12 +643,6 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig,
*/
signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED;
}
- } else if (sig == SIGKILL) {
- /*
- * Make sure that any pending stop signal already dequeued
- * is undone by the wakeup for SIGKILL.
- */
- signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED;
}
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
git-hrt.patch
kthread-call-wake_up_process-without-the-lock-being-held.patch
mmap_region-cleanup-the-final-vma_merge-related-code.patch
remove-unused-variable-from-send_signal.patch
turn-legacy_queue-macro-into-static-inline-function.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals-simplify.patch
signals-do_signal_stop-use-signal_group_exit.patch
signals-do_group_exit-use-signal_group_exit-more-consistently.patch
lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock.patch
k_getrusage-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
do_task_stat-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
signals-consolidate-checks-for-whether-or-not-to-ignore-a-signal.patch
signals-clean-dequeue_signal-from-excess-checks-and-assignments.patch
signals-consolidate-send_sigqueue-and-send_group_sigqueue.patch
signals-cleanup-security_task_kill-usage-implementation.patch
signals-re-assign-cld_continued-notification-from-the-sender-to-reciever.patch
kill_pid_info-dont-take-now-unneeded-tasklist_lock.patch
handle_stop_signal-unify-partial-full-stop-handling.patch
handle_stop_signal-use-the-cached-p-signal-value.patch
get_signal_to_deliver-use-the-cached-signal-sighand-values.patch
signals-send_sigqueue-dont-take-rcu-lock.patch
signals-send_sigqueue-dont-forget-about-handle_stop_signal.patch
signals-__group_complete_signal-cache-the-value-of-p-signal.patch
signals-send_group_sigqueue-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch
signals-move-handle_stop_signal-into-send_signal.patch
signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock.patch
signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock-comment.patch
signals-send_sig_info-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch
signals-microoptimize-the-usage-of-curr_target.patch
signals-move-the-definition-of-__group_complete_signal-up.patch
signals-change-send_signal-do_send_sigqueue-to-take-boolean-group-parameter.patch
signals-use-__group_complete_signal-for-the-specific-signals-too.patch
signals-fold-complete_signal-into-send_signal-do_send_sigqueue.patch
signals-unify-send_sigqueue-send_group_sigqueue-completely.patch
signals-join-send_sigqueue-with-send_group_sigqueue.patch
signals-handle_stop_signal-dont-worry-about-sigkill.patch
ptrace-introduce-task_detached-helper.patch
reparent_thread-use-same_thread_group.patch
document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection.patch
ptrace-introduce-ptrace_reparented-helper.patch
ptrace-__ptrace_unlink-use-the-ptrace_reparented-helper.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies-fix.patch
cleanup_workqueue_thread-remove-the-unneeded-cpu-parameter.patch
simplify-cpu_hotplug_begin-put_online_cpus.patch
redo-locking-of-tty-pgrp.patch
resume-tty-on-susp-and-fix-crnl-order-in-n_tty-line-discipline.patch
tty_io-fix-remaining-pid-struct-locking.patch
tty_io-fix-remaining-pid-struct-locking-small-cleanup.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix-2.patch
free_pidmap-turn-it-into-free_pidmapstruct-upid.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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