__group_complete_signal(): fix coredump with group stop race
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:27:23 +0000 (22:27 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:44:07 +0000 (09:44 -0800)
When __group_complete_signal() sees sig_kernel_coredump() signal, it starts
the group stop, but sets ->group_exit_task = t in a hope that "t" will
actually dequeue this signal and invoke do_coredump().  However, by the
time "t" enters get_signal_to_deliver() it is possible that the signal was
blocked/ignored or we have another pending !SIG_KERNEL_COREDUMP_MASK signal
which will be dequeued first.  This means the task could be stopped but not
killed.

Remove this code from __group_complete_signal().  Note also this patch
removes the bogus signal_wake_up(t, 1).  This thread can't be
STOPPED/TRACED, note the corresponding check in wants_signal().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/signal.c

index 4333b6dbb424f9e0bb7f07148077254106386a50..ea90c34e9348686af6362c2ca4a5e42a2ed23e0d 100644 (file)
@@ -911,27 +911,6 @@ __group_complete_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p)
                        } while_each_thread(p, t);
                        return;
                }
-
-               /*
-                * There will be a core dump.  We make all threads other
-                * than the chosen one go into a group stop so that nothing
-                * happens until it gets scheduled, takes the signal off
-                * the shared queue, and does the core dump.  This is a
-                * little more complicated than strictly necessary, but it
-                * keeps the signal state that winds up in the core dump
-                * unchanged from the death state, e.g. which thread had
-                * the core-dump signal unblocked.
-                */
-               rm_from_queue(SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK, &t->pending);
-               rm_from_queue(SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK, &p->signal->shared_pending);
-               p->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
-               p->signal->group_exit_task = t;
-               p = t;
-               do {
-                       p->signal->group_stop_count++;
-                       signal_wake_up(t, t == p);
-               } while_each_thread(p, t);
-               return;
        }
 
        /*
@@ -1762,15 +1741,6 @@ static int handle_group_stop(void)
 {
        int stop_count;
 
-       if (current->signal->group_exit_task == current) {
-               /*
-                * Group stop is so we can do a core dump,
-                * We are the initiating thread, so get on with it.
-                */
-               current->signal->group_exit_task = NULL;
-               return 0;
-       }
-
        if (current->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
                /*
                 * Group stop is so another thread can do a core dump,