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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/pid_namespace.c | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 15 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c index f4f8cb0435b4..fc21c5d5fd5d 100644 --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c @@ -244,7 +244,24 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns) set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); if (pid_ns->pid_allocated == init_pids) break; + /* + * Release tasks_rcu_exit_srcu to avoid following deadlock: + * + * 1) TASK A unshare(CLONE_NEWPID) + * 2) TASK A fork() twice -> TASK B (child reaper for new ns) + * and TASK C + * 3) TASK B exits, kills TASK C, waits for TASK A to reap it + * 4) TASK A calls synchronize_rcu_tasks() + * -> synchronize_srcu(tasks_rcu_exit_srcu) + * 5) *DEADLOCK* + * + * It is considered safe to release tasks_rcu_exit_srcu here + * because we assume the current task can not be concurrently + * reaped at this point. + */ + exit_tasks_rcu_stop(); schedule(); + exit_tasks_rcu_start(); } __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h index fbaed2637a7f..5de61f12a164 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h @@ -1016,16 +1016,27 @@ void exit_tasks_rcu_start(void) __acquires(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu) * task is exiting and may be removed from the tasklist. See * corresponding synchronize_srcu() for further details. */ -void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) __releases(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu) +void exit_tasks_rcu_stop(void) __releases(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu) { struct task_struct *t = current; __srcu_read_unlock(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu, t->rcu_tasks_idx); - exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace(t); +} + +/* + * Contribute to protect against tasklist scan blind spot while the + * task is exiting and may be removed from the tasklist. See + * corresponding synchronize_srcu() for further details. + */ +void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) +{ + exit_tasks_rcu_stop(); + exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace(current); } #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */ void exit_tasks_rcu_start(void) { } +void exit_tasks_rcu_stop(void) { } void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) { exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace(current); } #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */ |