The patch titled
tracehook: tracehook_consider_fatal_signal
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tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal.patch
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Subject: tracehook: tracehook_consider_fatal_signal
From: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
This defines tracehook_consider_fatal_signal() has a fine-grained hook for
deciding to skip the special cases for a fatal signal, as ptrace does.
There is no change, only cleanup.
Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/tracehook.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/signal.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/tracehook.h~tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal include/linux/tracehook.h
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h~tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal
+++ a/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -331,4 +331,25 @@ static inline int tracehook_consider_ign
return (task_ptrace(task) & PT_PTRACED) != 0;
}
+/**
+ * tracehook_consider_fatal_signal - suppress special handling of fatal signal
+ * @task: task receiving the signal
+ * @sig: signal number being sent
+ * @handler: %SIG_DFL or %SIG_IGN
+ *
+ * Return nonzero to prevent special handling of this termination signal.
+ * Normally @handler is %SIG_DFL. It can be %SIG_IGN if @sig is ignored,
+ * in which case force_sig() is about to reset it to %SIG_DFL.
+ * When this returns zero, this signal might cause a quick termination
+ * that does not give the debugger a chance to intercept the signal.
+ *
+ * Called with or without @task->sighand->siglock held.
+ */
+static inline int tracehook_consider_fatal_signal(struct task_struct *task,
+ int sig,
+ void __user *handler)
+{
+ return (task_ptrace(task) & PT_PTRACED) != 0;
+}
+
#endif /* <linux/tracehook.h> */
diff -puN kernel/signal.c~tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal kernel/signal.c
--- a/kernel/signal.c~tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal
+++ a/kernel/signal.c
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ flush_signal_handlers(struct task_struct
int unhandled_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
{
+ void __user *handler = tsk->sighand->action[sig-1].sa.sa_handler;
if (is_global_init(tsk))
return 1;
- if (tsk->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
+ if (handler != SIG_IGN && handler != SIG_DFL)
return 0;
- return (tsk->sighand->action[sig-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN) ||
- (tsk->sighand->action[sig-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_DFL);
+ return !tracehook_consider_fatal_signal(tsk, sig, handler);
}
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ static void complete_signal(int sig, str
if (sig_fatal(p, sig) &&
!(signal->flags & (SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE | SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) &&
!sigismember(&t->real_blocked, sig) &&
- (sig == SIGKILL || !(t->ptrace & PT_PTRACED))) {
+ (sig == SIGKILL ||
+ !tracehook_consider_fatal_signal(t, sig, SIG_DFL))) {
/*
* This signal will be fatal to the whole group.
*/
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from roland@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
execve-filename-document-and-export-via-auxiliary-vector.patch
flag-parameters-paccept-fix.patch
flag-parameters-paccept-fix-flag-parameters-arch-specific-sock_nonblock.patch
posix-timers-timer_delete-remove-the-bogus-it_process-=-null-check.patch
posix-timers-release_posix_timer-kill-the-bogus-put_task_struct-it_process.patch
signals-collect_signal-remove-the-unneeded-sigismember-check.patch
signals-collect_signal-simplify-the-still_pending-logic.patch
__exit_signal-dont-take-rcu-lock.patch
signals-dequeue_signal-dont-check-signal_group_exit-when-setting-signal_stop_dequeued.patch
signals-do_signal_stop-kill-the-signal_unkillable-check.patch
coredump-zap_threads-comments-use-while_each_thread.patch
signals-make-siginfo_t-si_utime-si_sstime-report-times-in-user_hz-not-hz.patch
kernel-signalc-change-vars-pid-and-tgid-types-to-pid_t.patch
include-asm-ptraceh-userspace-headers-cleanup.patch
ptrace-give-more-respect-to-sigkill.patch
ptrace-simplify-ptrace_stop-sigkill_pending-path.patch
ptrace-do_wait-reorganization.patch
ptrace-ptrace-children-revamp.patch
ptrace-do_wait-return-security_task_wait-error-code-in-place-of-echild.patch
ptrace-fix-dangling-zombie-when-new-parent-ignores-children.patch
introduce-pf_kthread-flag.patch
kill-pf_borrowed_mm-in-favour-of-pf_kthread.patch
coredump-zap_threads-must-skip-kernel-threads.patch
coredump-elf_core_dump-skip-kernel-threads.patch
coredump-turn-mm-core_startup_done-into-the-pointer-to-struct-core_state.patch
coredump-move-mm-core_waiters-into-struct-core_state.patch
coredump-simplify-core_state-nr_threads-calculation.patch
coredump-turn-core_state-nr_threads-into-atomic_t.patch
coredump-make-mm-core_state-visible-to-core_dump.patch
coredump-construct-the-list-of-coredumping-threads-at-startup-time.patch
coredump-elf_core_dump-use-core_state-dumper-list.patch
coredump-elf_fdpic_core_dump-use-core_state-dumper-list.patch
coredump-kill-mm-core_done.patch
coredump-binfmt_elf_fdpic-dont-use-sub-threads-mm.patch
coredump-exit_mm-clear-mm-first-then-play-with-core_state.patch
coredump-exit_mm-clear-mm-first-then-play-with-core_state-checkpatch-fixes.patch
tracehook-add-linux-tracehookh.patch
tracehook-exec.patch
tracehook-unexport-ptrace_notify.patch
tracehook-exit.patch
tracehook-clone.patch
tracehook-vfork-done.patch
tracehook-release_task.patch
tracehook-tracehook_tracer_task.patch
tracehook-tracehook_expect_breakpoints.patch
tracehook-tracehook_signal_handler.patch
tracehook-tracehook_consider_ignored_signal.patch
tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal.patch
tracehook-syscall.patch
tracehook-get_signal_to_deliver.patch
tracehook-job-control.patch
tracehook-death.patch
tracehook-force-signal_pending.patch
tracehook-tif_notify_resume.patch
tracehook-asm-syscallh.patch
tracehook-config_have_arch_tracehook.patch
tracehook-wait_task_inactive.patch
task_current_syscall.patch
proc-pid-syscall.patch
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