linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread() for x86

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Date:	Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:18:18 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rschultz@...gle.com, ak@...e.de,
	mbligh@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread() for
 x86_64

From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:15:53 -0500

> Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread() for x86_64
> 
> Race :
> 
> parent process executing :
> sys_ptrace()
>  (lock_kernel())
>  (ptrace_get_task_struct(pid))
>  arch_ptrace()
>    ptrace_detach()
>      ptrace_disable(child);
>        clear_singlestep(child);
>          clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
>          (which clears the TIF_SINGLESTEP flag atomically from a different
> 	  process)
>  (put_task_struct(child))
>  (unlock_kernel())
> 
> And at the same time, in the child process :
> sys_execve()
>  do_execve()
>    search_binary_handler()
>      load_elf_binary()
>        flush_old_exec()
>          flush_thread()
>            doing a non-atomic thread flag update 
> 
> It applies on 2.6.20.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rebecca Schultz <rschultz@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>

Please fix all platforms, not just your favorite one, kthx.
:-)
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