linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move tty_kref_put() outside of __cleanup

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Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:09:32 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move tty_kref_put() outside of __cleanup_signal()

On 03/19, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > > --- 34-rc1/kernel/exit.c~7_TTY_PUT	2010-03-17 20:05:38.000000000 +0100
> > > > +++ 34-rc1/kernel/exit.c	2010-03-18 22:46:41.000000000 +0100
> > > > @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_st
> > > >  		 * see account_group_exec_runtime().
> > > >  		 */
> > > >  		task_rq_unlock_wait(tsk);
> > > > +		tty_kref_put(sig->tty);
> > >
> > > and a sig->tty = NULL assignment to trap races might not go amiss here
> > > perhaps ?
> >
> > Indeed ;)
> >
> > The subsequent patches will do this, we need more changes anyway. Currently
> > this doesn't matter because we are going to kfree() this memory unconditionally.
> > But when we pin ->signal to task_struct, we should clear ->signal->tty before
> > we drop ->siglock, then tty_kref_put().
>
> Ok - yes the moment you start refcounting ->signal that changes (or do you
> expect to free ->tty when you destruct the signals ?)

I think signal->tty should be freed (and nullified under ->siglock) when the
last thread exits.

The goal is to make ->signal immutable, so that it would be always safe to
dereference task->signal if you have a reference to task_struct. But I don't
think get_task_struct() should defer tty_kref_put(), and besides put_task_struct()
must be safe in any context.

See also http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126885423426183

Oleg.

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