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Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:45:16 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Ben Blum <bblum@...rew.cmu.edu>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Possible race between cgroup_attach_proc and de_thread, and
	questionable code in de_thread.

On 07/28, NeilBrown wrote:
>
> +/* Thread group leader can change, so stop loop when we see one
> + * even if it isn't 'g' */
>  #define while_each_thread(g, t) \
> -	while ((t = next_thread(t)) != g)
> +	while ((t = next_thread(t)) != g && !thread_group_leader(t))

This assumes that while_each_thread(g, t) always uses g == group_leader.

> @@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p, bool group_dead)
>  		list_del_rcu(&p->tasks);
>  		list_del_init(&p->sibling);
>  		__this_cpu_dec(process_counts);
> -	}
> -	list_del_rcu(&p->thread_group);
> +	} else
> +		/* only remove members from the thread group.
> +		 * The thread group leader must stay so that
> +		 * while_each_thread() uses can see the end of
> +		 * the list and stop.
> +		 */
> +		list_del_rcu(&p->thread_group);

Hmm... this looks obvously wrong. This leaves the dead thread on
the list.

Oleg.

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