linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] coredump: ignore non-fatal signals when core dumping to a pipe

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:09:58 -0800
From:	Mandeep Singh Baines <mandeep.baines@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>,
	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] coredump: ignore non-fatal signals when core dumping to a pipe

From: Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>

Make wait_for_dump_helpers() not abort piping the core dump data when the
crashing process has received a non-fatal signal.  The abort still occurs
in the case of SIGKILL.

Addresses http://crosbug.com/21559

Changes since v1:
* Mandeep Singh Baines
  * To prevent blocking suspend, add try_to_freeze().
Changes since v2:
* LKML: <20130215150117.GB30829@...hat.com> Oleg Nestorov
  * Block non-fatal signals to avoid poll_wait busy waiting.
* LKML: <20130215152538.9a61a44e.akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Andrew Morton
  * Added comment re: try_to_freeze and clarified commit message.

Signed-off-by: Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
---
 fs/coredump.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 1774932..976f6cc 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -410,6 +411,11 @@ static void coredump_finish(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	sigset_t blocked, previous;
+
+	/* Block all but fatal signals. */
+	siginitsetinv(&blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL));
+	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, &previous);
 
 	pipe = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
 
@@ -421,12 +427,22 @@ static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync(&pipe->wait);
 		kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 		pipe_wait(pipe);
+
+		/*
+		 * Non-fatal signals are blocked. So we need to try
+		 * to freeze in order to not block suspend.
+		 */
+		pipe_unlock(pipe);
+		try_to_freeze();
+		pipe_lock(pipe);
 	}
 
 	pipe->readers--;
 	pipe->writers++;
 	pipe_unlock(pipe);
 
+	/* Restore signals. */
+	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &previous, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.12.4

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