linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0.2/8] ptrace: Always put ptracee into appropriate execution state

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Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:33:22 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	roland@...hat.com, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
	vda.linux@...glemail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	indan@....nu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0.2/8] ptrace: Always put ptracee into appropriate
	execution state

On 03/22, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> This patch updates __ptrace_unlink() such that GROUP_STOP_PENDING is
> reinstated regardless of the ptracee's current state as long as it's
> alive and makes sure that signal_wake_up() is called if execution
> state transition is necessary.

Looks correct (and the previous one too).

But I don't understand the PF_EXITING check,

> +	/*
> +	 * Reinstate GROUP_STOP_PENDING if group stop is in effect and
> +	 * @child isn't dead.
> +	 */
> +	if (!(child->flags & PF_EXITING) &&
> +	    (child->signal->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED ||
> +	     child->signal->group_stop_count))
> +		child->group_stop |= GROUP_STOP_PENDING;

Why do we need to filter out PF_EXITING tasks? This doesn't look
strictly necessary. And note that exit_signals() doesn't always
take ->siglock, we can race anyway.

> +	 * Note that @resume should be used iff @child
> +	 * is in TASK_TRACED; otherwise, we might unduly disrupt
> +	 * TASK_KILLABLE sleeps.

Yes. but, just in case,

> +	 */
> +	if (child->group_stop & GROUP_STOP_PENDING || task_is_traced(child))
> +		signal_wake_up(child, task_is_traced(child));

signal_wake_up() is not needed if task_is_traced(). Even if we added
GROUP_STOP_PENDING, ptrace_stop() does recalc_sigpending_tsk() anyway
before return.

So we could do

	if (SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED || group_stop_count) {
		child->group_stop |= GROUP_STOP_PENDING;
		signal_wake_up(child, 0);
	}

	if (task_is_traced(child))
		wake_up_state(TASK_TRACED);

But probably a single wakeup looks more simple/clean, so I agree.

Oleg.

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