[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <20140411112259.79f0a0ba@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:22:59 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] tracing: syscall_*regfunc() can race with
copy_process()
On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:34:35 +0200
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 04/10, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:05:42 +0200
> > Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > --- a/kernel/fork.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> > > @@ -1472,7 +1472,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
> > >
> > > total_forks++;
> > > spin_unlock(¤t->sighand->siglock);
> > > + syscall_tracepoint_update(p);
> > > write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
> > > +
> >
> > So this looks to be a fix that probably should go to stable?
>
> Not sure, this is up to you.
I'll have to think about this one, whether or not it should go to
stable.
>
> > > @@ -732,33 +732,31 @@ static int sys_tracepoint_refcount;
> > >
> > > void syscall_regfunc(void)
> > > {
> > > - unsigned long flags;
> > > struct task_struct *g, *t;
> > >
> > > if (!sys_tracepoint_refcount) {
> > > - read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > > + read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> > > do_each_thread(g, t) {
> > > /* Skip kernel threads. */
> > > - if (t->mm)
> > > + if (!(t->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
> > > set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
> > > } while_each_thread(g, t);
> > > - read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > > + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> > > }
> > > sys_tracepoint_refcount++;
> > > }
> > >
> > > void syscall_unregfunc(void)
> > > {
> > > - unsigned long flags;
> > > struct task_struct *g, *t;
> > >
> > > sys_tracepoint_refcount--;
> > > if (!sys_tracepoint_refcount) {
> > > - read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > > + read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> > > do_each_thread(g, t) {
> > > clear_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
> > > } while_each_thread(g, t);
> > > - read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > > + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> >
> > These changes should be in a separate patch, as they can wait till 3.16.
>
> OK, I'll split this change.
Are you going to send a new series?
-- Steve
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists