linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wait_task_stopped: pass correct exit_code to wait_noreap

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Message-Id: <20071119224326.198f77a0.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:43:26 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wait_task_stopped: pass correct exit_code to
 wait_noreap_copyout

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:13:24 +0000 Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com> wrote:

> In wait_task_stopped() exit_code already contains the right value for
> the si_status member of siginfo, and this is simply set in the non
> WNOWAIT case.
>     
> Pass it unchanged to wait_noreap_copyout();  we would only need to
> shift it and add 0x7f if we were returning it in the user status field
> and that isn't used for any function that permits WNOWAIT.
>     
> Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
> 
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task_struct
> *p, int delayed_group_leader,
>  		if (unlikely(!exit_code) || unlikely(p->exit_state))
>  			goto bail_ref;
>  		return wait_noreap_copyout(p, pid, uid,
> -					   why, (exit_code << 8) | 0x7f,
> +					   why, exit_code,
>  					   infop, ru);
>  	}

Is this bug visible to userspace?  If so, I'm surprised that none of the
various testsuites (which like to exercise this sort of interface) has
detected it.

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