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Date:   Mon, 9 Mar 2020 19:28:57 +0000
From:   Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] exec: Factor unshare_sighand out of de_thread and
 call it separately

On 3/8/20 10:36 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> This makes the code clearer and makes it easier to implement a mutex
> that is not taken over any locations that may block indefinitely waiting
> for userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Reviewed-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>


Bernd.
> ---
>  fs/exec.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index c3f34791f2f0..ff74b9a74d34 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -1194,6 +1194,23 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  	flush_itimer_signals();
>  #endif
>  
> +	BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(tsk));
> +	return 0;
> +
> +killed:
> +	/* protects against exit_notify() and __exit_signal() */
> +	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +	sig->group_exit_task = NULL;
> +	sig->notify_count = 0;
> +	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> +	return -EAGAIN;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static int unshare_sighand(struct task_struct *me)
> +{
> +	struct sighand_struct *oldsighand = me->sighand;
> +
>  	if (refcount_read(&oldsighand->count) != 1) {
>  		struct sighand_struct *newsighand;
>  		/*
> @@ -1210,23 +1227,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  
>  		write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
>  		spin_lock(&oldsighand->siglock);
> -		rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, newsighand);
> +		rcu_assign_pointer(me->sighand, newsighand);
>  		spin_unlock(&oldsighand->siglock);
>  		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
>  
>  		__cleanup_sighand(oldsighand);
>  	}
> -
> -	BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(tsk));
>  	return 0;
> -
> -killed:
> -	/* protects against exit_notify() and __exit_signal() */
> -	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> -	sig->group_exit_task = NULL;
> -	sig->notify_count = 0;
> -	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> -	return -EAGAIN;
>  }
>  
>  char *__get_task_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk)
> @@ -1264,13 +1271,19 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
>  	int retval;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Make sure we have a private signal table and that
> -	 * we are unassociated from the previous thread group.
> +	 * Make this the only thread in the thread group.
>  	 */
>  	retval = de_thread(me);
>  	if (retval)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Make the signal table private.
> +	 */
> +	retval = unshare_sighand(me);
> +	if (retval)
> +		goto out;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Must be called _before_ exec_mmap() as bprm->mm is
>  	 * not visibile until then. This also enables the update
>