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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] fix kthread_create() vs freezer theoretical race
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Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> writes:

> kthread() sleeps in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE state waiting for the first wakeup.
> In theory, this wakeup may come from freeze_process()->signal_wake_up(),
> so the task can disappear even before kthread_create() sets its ->comm.
>
> Change kthread() to use TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE.

Yep. That makes sense.

Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
>
> --- 2.6.21-rc5/kernel/kthread.c~0_FREEZER 2007-04-13 14:52:44.000000000 +0400
> +++ 2.6.21-rc5/kernel/kthread.c 2007-04-13 15:36:43.000000000 +0400
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
> data = create->data;
>
> /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
> - __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> + __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> complete(&create->started);
> schedule();
>
> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
> */
> void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
> {
> - BUG_ON(k->state != TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> + BUG_ON(k->state != TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
> wait_task_inactive(k);
> set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
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