linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 07/10] posix-timers: Use sighand lock instead of tasklist

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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:06:23 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/10] posix-timers: Use sighand lock instead of tasklist_lock for task clock sample

There is no need for the tasklist_lock just to take a process
wide clock sample.

All we need is to get a coherent sample that doesn't race with
exit() and exec():

* exit() may be concurrently reaping a task and flushing its time

* sighand is unstable under exit() and exec(), and the latter also
  result in group leader that can change

To protect against these, locking the target's sighand is enough.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 7117f6d..cd56e71 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -271,12 +271,22 @@ static int posix_cpu_clock_get_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 		if (same_thread_group(tsk, current))
 			err = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock, tsk, &rtn);
 	} else {
-		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+		unsigned long flags;
+		struct sighand_struct *sighand;
 
-		if (tsk->sighand && (tsk == current || thread_group_leader(tsk)))
+		/*
+		 * while_each_thread() is not yet entirely RCU safe,
+		 * keep locking the group while sampling process
+		 * clock for now.
+		 */
+		sighand = lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
+		if (!sighand)
+			return err;
+
+		if (tsk == current || thread_group_leader(tsk))
 			err = cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock, tsk, &rtn);
 
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
 	}
 
 	if (!err)
-- 
1.8.3.1

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