2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jeremy Kerr commit 606572634c3faa5b32a8fc430266e6e9d78d2179 upstream. Currently, we can end up in an infinite loop if we get a signal while the kernel has faulted in spufs_ps_fault. Eg: alarm(1); write(fd, some_spu_psmap_register_address, 4); - the write's copy_from_user will fault on the ps mapping, and signal_pending will be non-zero. Because returning from the fault handler will never clear TIF_SIGPENDING, so we'll just keep faulting, resulting in an unkillable process using 100% of CPU. This change returns VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if there's a fatal signal pending, letting us escape the loop. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c @@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ static int spufs_ps_fault(struct vm_area if (offset >= ps_size) return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; + if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) + return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; + /* * Because we release the mmap_sem, the context may be destroyed while * we're in spu_wait. Grab an extra reference so it isn't destroyed -- 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/