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SubjectRe: [PATCH] RFC: have tcp_recvmsg() check kthread_should_stop() and treat it as if it were signalled
On 06/26, Satyam Sharma wrote:
>
> Yes, why not embed a send_sig(SIGKILL) just before the wake_up_process()
> in kthread_stop() itself?

Personally, I don't think we should do this.

kthread_stop() doesn't always mean "kill this thread asap". Suppose that
CPU_DOWN does kthread_stop(workqueue->thread) but doesn't flush the queue
before that (we did so before 2.6.22 and perhaps we will do again). Now
work_struct->func() doing tcp_recvmsg() or wait_event_interruptible() fails,
but this is probably not that we want.

> So could we have signals in _addition_ to kthread_stop_info and change
> kthread_should_stop() to check for both:
>
> kthread_stop_info.k == current && signal_pending(current)

No, this can't work in general. Some kthreads do flush_signals/dequeue_signal,
so TIF_SIGPENDING can be lost anyway.

I personally think Jeff's idea to use force_sig() is right. kthread_create()
doesn't use CLONE_SIGHAND, so it is safe to change ->sighand->actionp[].


(offtopic)

cifs_mount:

send_sig(SIGKILL,srvTcp->tsk,1);
tsk = srvTcp->tsk;
if(tsk)
kthread_stop(tsk);

This "if(tsk)" looks wrong to me. Can srvTcp->tsk be NULL? If yes, send_sig()
is not safe. Can srvTcp->tsk become NULL after send_sig() ? If yes, this
check is racy, and kthread_stop() is not safe.

Oleg.

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