The patch titled Subject: exec: do not abuse ->cred_guard_mutex in threadgroup_lock() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was exec-do-not-abuse-cred_guard_mutex-in-threadgroup_lock.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: exec: do not abuse ->cred_guard_mutex in threadgroup_lock() threadgroup_lock() takes signal->cred_guard_mutex to ensure that thread_group_leader() is stable. This doesn't look nice, the scope of this lock in do_execve() is huge. And as Dave pointed out this can lead to deadlock, we have the following dependencies: do_execve: cred_guard_mutex -> i_mutex cgroup_mount: i_mutex -> cgroup_mutex attach_task_by_pid: cgroup_mutex -> cred_guard_mutex Change de_thread() to take threadgroup_change_begin() around the switch-the-leader code and change threadgroup_lock() to avoid ->cred_guard_mutex. Note that de_thread() can't sleep with ->group_rwsem held, this can obviously deadlock with the exiting leader if the writer is active, so it does threadgroup_change_end() before schedule(). Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 3 +++ include/linux/sched.h | 18 ++++-------------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/exec.c~exec-do-not-abuse-cred_guard_mutex-in-threadgroup_lock fs/exec.c --- a/fs/exec.c~exec-do-not-abuse-cred_guard_mutex-in-threadgroup_lock +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -898,11 +898,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct sig->notify_count = -1; /* for exit_notify() */ for (;;) { + threadgroup_change_begin(tsk); write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); if (likely(leader->exit_state)) break; __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE); write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + threadgroup_change_end(tsk); schedule(); if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk))) goto killed; @@ -960,6 +962,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct if (unlikely(leader->ptrace)) __wake_up_parent(leader, leader->parent); write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + threadgroup_change_end(tsk); release_task(leader); } diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~exec-do-not-abuse-cred_guard_mutex-in-threadgroup_lock include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~exec-do-not-abuse-cred_guard_mutex-in-threadgroup_lock +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -2249,27 +2249,18 @@ static inline void threadgroup_change_en * * Lock the threadgroup @tsk belongs to. No new task is allowed to enter * and member tasks aren't allowed to exit (as indicated by PF_EXITING) or - * perform exec. This is useful for cases where the threadgroup needs to - * stay stable across blockable operations. + * change ->group_leader/pid. This is useful for cases where the threadgroup + * needs to stay stable across blockable operations. * * fork and exit paths explicitly call threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() for * synchronization. While held, no new task will be added to threadgroup * and no existing live task will have its PF_EXITING set. * - * During exec, a task goes and puts its thread group through unusual - * changes. After de-threading, exclusive access is assumed to resources - * which are usually shared by tasks in the same group - e.g. sighand may - * be replaced with a new one. Also, the exec'ing task takes over group - * leader role including its pid. Exclude these changes while locked by - * grabbing cred_guard_mutex which is used to synchronize exec path. + * de_thread() does threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() when a non-leader + * sub-thread becomes a new leader. */ static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk) { - /* - * exec uses exit for de-threading nesting group_rwsem inside - * cred_guard_mutex. Grab cred_guard_mutex first. - */ - mutex_lock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex); down_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem); } @@ -2282,7 +2273,6 @@ static inline void threadgroup_lock(stru static inline void threadgroup_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk) { up_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem); - mutex_unlock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex); } #else static inline void threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) {} _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch posix_cpu_timer-consolidate-expiry-time-type.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-timer-list-cleanups.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-expired-timers-check.patch posix-timers-correctly-get-dying-task-time-sample-in-posix_cpu_timer_schedule.patch posix_timers-fix-racy-timer-delta-caching-on-task-exit.patch lockdep-introduce-lock_acquire_exclusive-shared-helper-macros.patch lglock-update-lockdep-annotations-to-report-recursive-local-locks.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