3.6.11.4 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov [ Upstream commit e56fb2874015370e3b7f8d85051f6dce26051df9 ] threadgroup_lock() takes signal->cred_guard_mutex to ensure that thread_group_leader() is stable. This doesn't look nice, the scope of this lock in do_execve() is huge. And as Dave pointed out this can lead to deadlock, we have the following dependencies: do_execve: cred_guard_mutex -> i_mutex cgroup_mount: i_mutex -> cgroup_mutex attach_task_by_pid: cgroup_mutex -> cred_guard_mutex Change de_thread() to take threadgroup_change_begin() around the switch-the-leader code and change threadgroup_lock() to avoid ->cred_guard_mutex. Note that de_thread() can't sleep with ->group_rwsem held, this can obviously deadlock with the exiting leader if the writer is active, so it does threadgroup_change_end() before schedule(). Reported-by: Dave Jones Acked-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- fs/exec.c | 3 +++ include/linux/sched.h | 18 ++++-------------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 5b0d397..39b6a3c 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -905,11 +905,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) sig->notify_count = -1; /* for exit_notify() */ for (;;) { + threadgroup_change_begin(tsk); write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); if (likely(leader->exit_state)) break; __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + threadgroup_change_end(tsk); schedule(); } @@ -965,6 +967,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) if (unlikely(leader->ptrace)) __wake_up_parent(leader, leader->parent); write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + threadgroup_change_end(tsk); release_task(leader); } diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 23bddac..46bac3e 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -2455,27 +2455,18 @@ static inline void threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk) * * Lock the threadgroup @tsk belongs to. No new task is allowed to enter * and member tasks aren't allowed to exit (as indicated by PF_EXITING) or - * perform exec. This is useful for cases where the threadgroup needs to - * stay stable across blockable operations. + * change ->group_leader/pid. This is useful for cases where the threadgroup + * needs to stay stable across blockable operations. * * fork and exit paths explicitly call threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() for * synchronization. While held, no new task will be added to threadgroup * and no existing live task will have its PF_EXITING set. * - * During exec, a task goes and puts its thread group through unusual - * changes. After de-threading, exclusive access is assumed to resources - * which are usually shared by tasks in the same group - e.g. sighand may - * be replaced with a new one. Also, the exec'ing task takes over group - * leader role including its pid. Exclude these changes while locked by - * grabbing cred_guard_mutex which is used to synchronize exec path. + * de_thread() does threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() when a non-leader + * sub-thread becomes a new leader. */ static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk) { - /* - * exec uses exit for de-threading nesting group_rwsem inside - * cred_guard_mutex. Grab cred_guard_mutex first. - */ - mutex_lock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex); down_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem); } @@ -2488,7 +2479,6 @@ static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk) static inline void threadgroup_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk) { up_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem); - mutex_unlock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex); } #else static inline void threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) {} -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/