This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Reap a forgotten child
to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
selftests-x86-fsgsbase-reap-a-forgotten-child.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 05c8a72c1f479365c98080f1d199ebaa8c61a075
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Aug 26 10:00:45 2020 -0700
selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Reap a forgotten child
[ Upstream commit ab2dd173330a3f07142e68cd65682205036cd00f ]
The ptrace() test forgot to reap its child. Reap it.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e7700a503f30e79ab35a63103938a19893dbeff2.1598461151.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
index 9983195535237..0056e2597f53a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
END:
ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, child, NULL, NULL);
+ wait(&status);
+ if (!WIFEXITED(status))
+ printf("[WARN]\tChild didn't exit cleanly.\n");
}
int main()
