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Message-ID: <20230701145833.3604187-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 1 Jul 2023 22:58:33 +0800
From:   Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
To:     <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:     <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>, <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        <limin100@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        <shuah@...nel.org>, <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] selftests/ptrace: Fix Test terminated by timeout in ptrace_attach

On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 16:48:20 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 08:56:09AM +0100, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
> > thanks for cleaning this up.
>
> Oh, hm, I never saw the original email -- I'll check my Spam folder, it
> gets overly excited sometimes.
>
> > Just for completenes:
> >
> > I have actually two patches submitted a while ago, but did not get any response so far,
> > one that would make the test case work as it is:
> >
> > [PATCH v10] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/AM8PR10MB470801D01A0CF24BC32C25E7E40E9@AM8PR10MB4708.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
> >
> > and my favorite one, that would fix the dead-lock altogether (and adjust the test case accordingly):
> >
> > [PATCH v11] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/AM8PR10MB470875B22B4C08BEAEC3F77FE4169@AM8PR10MB4708.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
>
> This fell off my radar, but let's look at it again. Is this still an
> existing race after Eric's various refactorings? I assume so. Eric, can
> you looked at this case?
>

Kindly ping :)

This discussion suspended for half a year, but testcase 'tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/vmaccess.c'
still can not pass on the newest v6.4 kernel.

Would you continue to work it out?

:)

---

Thanks,
Zheng Yejian

> --
> Kees Cook
>

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