As Roland pointed out, we have the very old problem with exec. de_thread() sets SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT, kills other threads, changes ->group_leader and then clears signal->flags. All signals (even fatal ones) sent in this window (which is not too small) will be lost.
With this patch exec doesn't abuse SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT. signal_group_exit(), the new helper, should be used to detect exit_group() or exec() in progress. It can have more users, but this patch does only strictly necessary changes. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> include/linux/sched.h | 7 +++++++ fs/exec.c | 13 ++++--------- kernel/signal.c | 4 ++-- kernel/exit.c | 3 ++- 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- PT/include/linux/sched.h~2_EXIT_KILL 2007-11-26 16:47:35.000000000 +0300 +++ PT/include/linux/sched.h 2007-12-02 14:53:29.000000000 +0300 @@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ struct signal_struct { #define SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED 0x00000004 /* SIGCONT since WCONTINUED reap */ #define SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT 0x00000008 /* group exit in progress */ +/* If true, all threads except ->group_exit_task have pending SIGKILL */ +static inline int signal_group_exit(const struct signal_struct *sig) +{ + return (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) || + (sig->group_exit_task != NULL); +} + /* * Some day this will be a full-fledged user tracking system.. */ --- PT/fs/exec.c~2_EXIT_KILL 2007-11-20 17:16:09.000000000 +0300 +++ PT/fs/exec.c 2007-12-02 16:07:22.000000000 +0300 @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct */ read_lock(&tasklist_lock); spin_lock_irq(lock); - if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) { + if (signal_group_exit(sig)) { /* * Another group action in progress, just * return so that the signal is processed. @@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct if (unlikely(tsk->group_leader == task_child_reaper(tsk))) task_active_pid_ns(tsk)->child_reaper = tsk; + sig->group_exit_task = tsk; zap_other_threads(tsk); read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); @@ -801,7 +802,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct } sig->notify_count = count; - sig->group_exit_task = tsk; while (atomic_read(&sig->count) > count) { __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); spin_unlock_irq(lock); @@ -870,15 +870,10 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct leader->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD; write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); - } + } sig->group_exit_task = NULL; sig->notify_count = 0; - /* - * There may be one thread left which is just exiting, - * but it's safe to stop telling the group to kill themselves. - */ - sig->flags = 0; no_thread_group: exit_itimers(sig); @@ -1548,7 +1543,7 @@ static inline int zap_threads(struct tas int err = -EAGAIN; spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); - if (!(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) { + if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) { tsk->signal->group_exit_code = exit_code; zap_process(tsk); err = 0; --- PT/kernel/signal.c~2_EXIT_KILL 2007-12-02 16:56:16.000000000 +0300 +++ PT/kernel/signal.c 2007-12-02 17:05:15.000000000 +0300 @@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ void zap_other_threads(struct task_struc { struct task_struct *t; - p->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT; p->signal->group_stop_count = 0; for (t = next_thread(p); t != p; t = next_thread(t)) { @@ -1692,7 +1691,8 @@ static int do_signal_stop(int signr) } else { struct task_struct *t; - if (!likely(sig->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED)) + if (!likely(sig->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED) || + unlikely(sig->group_exit_task)) return 0; /* * There is no group stop already in progress. --- PT/kernel/exit.c~2_EXIT_KILL 2007-12-02 14:36:22.000000000 +0300 +++ PT/kernel/exit.c 2007-12-02 15:53:35.000000000 +0300 @@ -1081,11 +1081,12 @@ do_group_exit(int exit_code) struct signal_struct *const sig = current->signal; struct sighand_struct *const sighand = current->sighand; spin_lock_irq(&sighand->siglock); - if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) + if (signal_group_exit(sig)) /* Another thread got here before we took the lock. */ exit_code = sig->group_exit_code; else { sig->group_exit_code = exit_code; + sig->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT; zap_other_threads(current); } spin_unlock_irq(&sighand->siglock); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/