linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] ptrace_stop: remove the wrong ->group_stop

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Message-ID: <20071208183801.GA9943@tv-sign.ru>
Date:	Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:38:01 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ptrace_stop: remove the wrong ->group_stop_count bookkeeping

ptrace_stop() decrements ->group_stop_count to "participate" in group stop.
This looks very wrong to me, the task can in fact decrement this counter twice.
If the tracee returns to the user-space before other threads complete the group
stop, it will notice TIF_SIGPENDING and do it again.

Another problem is that we don't set SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED if the counter becomes
zero.

I must admit, I don't undestand the reason why this code was added, it is very
old.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- PT/kernel/signal.c~5_ptrace_stop	2007-12-08 16:46:37.000000000 +0300
+++ PT/kernel/signal.c	2007-12-08 16:47:53.000000000 +0300
@@ -1579,13 +1579,6 @@ static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
  */
 static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 {
-	/*
-	 * If there is a group stop in progress,
-	 * we must participate in the bookkeeping.
-	 */
-	if (current->signal->group_stop_count > 0)
-		--current->signal->group_stop_count;
-
 	current->last_siginfo = info;
 	current->exit_code = exit_code;
 

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