linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/20] fork: Unconditionally exit if a fatal signal is pending

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:24:16 -0500
From:   "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>,
        majiang <ma.jiang@....com.cn>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 17/20] fork: Unconditionally exit if a fatal signal is pending

In practice this does not change anything as testing for fatal_signal_pending
and exiting for with an error code duplicates the work of the next clause
which recalculates pending signals and then exits fork if any are pending.
In both cases the pending signal will trigger the slow path when existing
to userspace, and the fatal signal will cause do_exit to be called.

The advantage of making this a separate test is that it makes it clear
processing the fatal signal will terminate the fork, and it allows the
rest of the signal logic to be updated without fear that this important
case will be lost.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/fork.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b9c54318a292..22d4cdb9a7ca 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1928,6 +1928,12 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 		goto bad_fork_cancel_cgroup;
 	}

+	/* Let kill terminate clone/fork in the middle */
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+		retval = -EINTR;
+		goto bad_fork_cancel_cgroup;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Process group and session signals need to be delivered to just the
 	 * parent before the fork or both the parent and the child after the
-- 
2.17.1