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-rw-r--r--include/linux/posix-timers.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c25
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c12
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/posix-timers.h b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
index 5bbcd280bfd2..9cf126c3b27f 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void posix_cpu_timers_exit_group(struct task_struct *task);
void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int clock_idx,
u64 *newval, u64 *oldval);
-void update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new);
+int update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new);
void posixtimer_rearm(struct kernel_siginfo *info);
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index d37d1f882b7d..374f83e95239 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1441,13 +1441,7 @@ static int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
return -EPERM;
}
- /* protect tsk->signal and tsk->sighand from disappearing */
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- if (!tsk->sighand) {
- retval = -ESRCH;
- goto out;
- }
-
+ /* Holding a refcount on tsk protects tsk->signal from disappearing. */
rlim = tsk->signal->rlim + resource;
task_lock(tsk->group_leader);
if (new_rlim) {
@@ -1476,10 +1470,19 @@ static int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
*/
if (!retval && new_rlim && resource == RLIMIT_CPU &&
new_rlim->rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY &&
- IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS))
- update_rlimit_cpu(tsk, new_rlim->rlim_cur);
-out:
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS)) {
+ /*
+ * update_rlimit_cpu can fail if the task is exiting, but there
+ * may be other tasks in the thread group that are not exiting,
+ * and they need their cpu timers adjusted.
+ *
+ * The group_leader is the last task to be released, so if we
+ * cannot update_rlimit_cpu on it, then the entire process is
+ * exiting and we do not need to update at all.
+ */
+ update_rlimit_cpu(tsk->group_leader, new_rlim->rlim_cur);
+ }
+
return retval;
}
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 96b4e7810426..e13e628509fb 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -34,14 +34,20 @@ void posix_cputimers_group_init(struct posix_cputimers *pct, u64 cpu_limit)
* tsk->signal->posix_cputimers.bases[clock].nextevt expiration cache if
* necessary. Needs siglock protection since other code may update the
* expiration cache as well.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -ESRCH on failure. Can fail if the task is exiting and
+ * we cannot lock_task_sighand. Cannot fail if task is current.
*/
-void update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new)
+int update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new)
{
u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
+ unsigned long irq_fl;
- spin_lock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+ if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &irq_fl))
+ return -ESRCH;
set_process_cpu_timer(task, CPUCLOCK_PROF, &nsecs, NULL);
- spin_unlock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+ unlock_task_sighand(task, &irq_fl);
+ return 0;
}
/*