linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] signal: Always call do_notify_parent

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Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:38:07 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, mingo@...nel.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mgorman@...e.de, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, tj@...nel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        inux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] signal: Always call do_notify_parent_cldstop with
 siglock held

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 05:52:08PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Now that siglock keeps tsk->parent and tsk->real_parent constant
> require that do_notify_parent_cldstop is called with tsk->siglock held
> instead of the tasklist_lock.
> 
> As all of the callers of do_notify_parent_cldstop had to drop the
> siglock and take tasklist_lock this simplifies all of it's callers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> ---
>  kernel/signal.c | 156 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index 72d96614effc..584d67deb3cb 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -2121,11 +2121,13 @@ static void do_notify_parent_cldstop(struct task_struct *tsk,
>  				     bool for_ptracer, int why)
>  {
>  	struct kernel_siginfo info;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct task_struct *parent;
>  	struct sighand_struct *sighand;
> +	bool lock;
>  	u64 utime, stime;
>  
> +	assert_spin_locked(&tsk->sighand->siglock);

lockdep_assert_held() please...