linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] signal/seccomp: Dump core when there is only one live thread

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:00:22 -0500
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        alpha <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@...el.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] signal/seccomp: Dump core when there is only one live thread


Replace get_nr_threads with atomic_read(&current->signal->live) as
that is a more accurate number that is decremented sooner.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/seccomp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 3e06d4628d98..5301eca670a0 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ static int __seccomp_filter(int this_syscall, const struct seccomp_data *sd,
 		seccomp_log(this_syscall, SIGSYS, action, true);
 		/* Dump core only if this is the last remaining thread. */
 		if (action != SECCOMP_RET_KILL_THREAD ||
-		    get_nr_threads(current) == 1) {
+		    (atomic_read(&current->signal->live) == 1)) {
 			/* Show the original registers in the dump. */
 			syscall_rollback(current, current_pt_regs());
 			/* Trigger a coredump with SIGSYS */
-- 
2.20.1