3.5.7.15 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> commit f000cfdde5de4fc15dead5ccf524359c07eadf2b upstream. audit_log_start() does wait_for_auditd() in a loop until audit_backlog_wait_time passes or audit_skb_queue has a room. If signal_pending() is true this becomes a busy-wait loop, schedule() in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE won't block. Thanks to Guy for fully investigating and explaining the problem. (akpm: that'll cause the system to lock up on a non-preemptible uniprocessor kernel) (Guy: "Our customer was in fact running a uniprocessor machine, and they reported a system hang.") Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Guy Streeter <streeter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ luis: backported to 3.5: adjust context ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/audit.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 1c7f2c6..5917dfe 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, /* Wait for auditd to drain the queue a little */ DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current); - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); add_wait_queue(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait); if (audit_backlog_limit && -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html