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SubjectRe: How much of a mess does OpenVZ make? ;) Was: What can OpenVZ do?
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On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 16:27 +0100, Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> Ying Han wrote:
> > Hi Serge:
> > I made a patch based on Oren's tree recently which implement a new
> > syscall clone_with_pid. I tested with checkpoint/restart process tree
> > and it works as expected.
> > This patch has some hack in it which i made a copy of libc's clone and
> > made modifications of passing one more argument(pid number). I will
> > try to clean up the code and do more testing.
>
> ok. 2 patches would also be interesting. one for the syscall and one
> for the kernel support (which might be acceptable)
>
> > New syscall clone_with_pid
> > Implement a new syscall which clone a thread with a preselected pid number.
>
> yes this definitely needed to restart a task/thread. we maintain an ugly
> hack which stores a pid in the current task that will be used by the next
> clone() call.
>

That's probably better as you say... but damned, sys_clone() is arch
dependant so much files to patch. :)

> > clone_with_pid(child_func, child_stack + CHILD_STACK - 16,
> > CLONE_WITH_PID|SIGCHLD, pid, NULL);
>
> since you're introducing a new syscall, I don't see why you need a
> CLONE_WITH_PID flag ?
>
> (FYI, attached is my old attempt of clone_with_pid but that's too old)
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > +#define DEBUG
> > #include <linux/slab.h>
> > #include <linux/init.h>
> > #include <linux/unistd.h>
> > @@ -959,10 +959,19 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long cl
> > int retval;
> > struct task_struct *p;
> > int cgroup_callbacks_done = 0;
> > + pid_t clone_pid = stack_size;
> >
> > if ((clone_flags & (CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_FS)) == (CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_FS))
> > return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> >
> > + /* We only allow the clone_with_pid when a new pid namespace is
> > + * created. FIXME: how to restrict it.
> > + */
> > + if ((clone_flags & CLONE_NEWPID) && (clone_flags & CLONE_WITH_PID))
> > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > + if ((clone_flags & CLONE_WITH_PID) && (clone_pid <= 1))
> > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>
> I would let alloc_pid() handle the error.
>
> > /*
> > * Thread groups must share signals as well, and detached threads
> > * can only be started up within the thread group.
> > @@ -1135,7 +1144,10 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long c
> >
> > if (pid != &init_struct_pid) {
> > retval = -ENOMEM;
> > - pid = alloc_pid(task_active_pid_ns(p));
> > + if (clone_flags & CLONE_WITH_PID)
> > + pid = alloc_pid(task_active_pid_ns(p), clone_pid);
> > + else
> > + pid = alloc_pid(task_active_pid_ns(p), 0);
>
> this is overkill IMO.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > -static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
> > +static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, pid_t pid_nr)
> > {
> > int i, offset, max_scan, pid, last = pid_ns->last_pid;
> > struct pidmap *map;
> >
> > - pid = last + 1;
> > + if (pid_nr)
> > + pid = pid_nr;
> > + else
> > + pid = last + 1;
> >
> > if (pid >= pid_max)
> > pid = RESERVED_PIDS;
> > offset = pid & BITS_PER_PAGE_MASK;
> > @@ -153,9 +156,12 @@ static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
> > do {
> > if (!test_and_set_bit(offset, map->page)) {
> > atomic_dec(&map->nr_free);
> > - pid_ns->last_pid = pid;
> > + if (!pid_nr)
> > + pid_ns->last_pid = pid;
> > return pid;
> > }
> > + if (pid_nr)
> > + return -1;
> > offset = find_next_offset(map, offset);
> > pid = mk_pid(pid_ns, map, offset);
> > /*
> > @@ -239,21 +245,25 @@ void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
> > call_rcu(&pid->rcu, delayed_put_pid);
> > }
> >
> > -struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns)
> > +struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns, pid_t pid_nr)
> > {
> > struct pid *pid;
> > enum pid_type type;
> > int i, nr;
> > struct pid_namespace *tmp;
> > struct upid *upid;
> > + int level = ns->level;
> > +
> > + if (pid_nr >= pid_max)
> > + return NULL;
>
> let alloc_pidmap() handle it ?
>
> >
> > pid = kmem_cache_alloc(ns->pid_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!pid)
> > goto out;
> >
> > - tmp = ns;
> > - for (i = ns->level; i >= 0; i--) {
> > - nr = alloc_pidmap(tmp);
> > + tmp = ns->parent;
> > + for (i = level-1; i >= 0; i--) {
> > + nr = alloc_pidmap(tmp, 0);
> > if (nr < 0)
> > goto out_free;
> >
> > @@ -262,6 +272,14 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns)
> > tmp = tmp->parent;
> > }
> >
> > + nr = alloc_pidmap(ns, pid_nr);
> > + if (nr < 0)
> > + goto out_free;
> > + pid->numbers[level].nr = nr;
> > + pid->numbers[level].ns = ns;
> > + if (nr == pid_nr)
> > + pr_debug("nr == pid_nr == %d\n", nr);
> > +
> > get_pid_ns(ns);
> > pid->level = ns->level;
> > atomic_set(&pid->count, 1);
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >> Quoting Greg Kurz (gkurz@fr.ibm.com):
> >>> On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 09:53 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> >>>> Or are you suggesting that you'll do a dummy clone of (5594,2) so that
> >>>> the next clone(CLONE_NEWPID) will be expected to be (5594,3,1)?
> >>>>
> >>> Of course not
> >> Ok - someone *did* argue that at some point I think...
> >>
> >>> but one should be able to tell clone() to pick a specific
> >>> pid.
> >> Can you explain exactly how? I must be missing something clever.
> >>
> >> -serge
> >>
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>
> plain text document attachment (clone_with_pid.patch)
> Subject: [RFC] forkpid() syscall
>
> From: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
>
> let's the user specify a pid to fork and return EBUSY if the pid is
> not available.
>
> this patch includes a alloc_pid*() cleanup on the way errors are
> returned that could be pushed to mainline independently.
>
> usage :
>
> #include <sys/syscall.h>
>
> #define __NR_forkpid 324
>
> static inline int forkpid(int pid)
> {
> return syscall(__NR_forkpid, pid);
> }
>
> caveats :
> fork oriented, should also cover clone
> i386 only
> does not cover 64 bits clone flags
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/i386/kernel/process.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S | 1 +
> include/asm-i386/unistd.h | 3 ++-
> include/linux/pid.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/sched.h | 2 +-
> kernel/fork.c | 9 +++++----
> kernel/pid.c | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
> 7 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> Index: 2.6.22/kernel/pid.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/kernel/pid.c
> +++ 2.6.22/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ static fastcall void free_pidmap(struct
> atomic_inc(&map->nr_free);
> }
>
> -static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
> +static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, pid_t upid)
> {
> int i, offset, max_scan, pid, last = pid_ns->last_pid;
> struct pidmap *map;
>
> - pid = last + 1;
> + pid = upid ? upid : last + 1;
> if (pid >= pid_max)
> pid = RESERVED_PIDS;
> offset = pid & BITS_PER_PAGE_MASK;
> @@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_names
> pid_ns->last_pid = pid;
> return pid;
> }
> + if (upid)
> + return -EBUSY;
> offset = find_next_offset(map, offset);
> pid = mk_pid(pid_ns, map, offset);
> /*
> @@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_names
> }
> pid = mk_pid(pid_ns, map, offset);
> }
> - return -1;
> + return -EAGAIN;
> }
>
> static int next_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, int last)
> @@ -203,19 +205,24 @@ fastcall void free_pid(struct pid *pid)
> call_rcu(&pid->rcu, delayed_put_pid);
> }
>
> -struct pid *alloc_pid(void)
> +struct pid *alloc_pid(pid_t upid)
> {
> struct pid *pid;
> enum pid_type type;
> int nr = -1;
>
> pid = kmem_cache_alloc(pid_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!pid)
> + if (!pid) {
> + pid = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> goto out;
> + }
>
> - nr = alloc_pidmap(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
> - if (nr < 0)
> - goto out_free;
> + nr = alloc_pidmap(current->nsproxy->pid_ns, upid);
> + if (nr < 0) {
> + kmem_cache_free(pid_cachep, pid);
> + pid = ERR_PTR(nr);
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> atomic_set(&pid->count, 1);
> pid->nr = nr;
> @@ -228,11 +235,6 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(void)
>
> out:
> return pid;
> -
> -out_free:
> - kmem_cache_free(pid_cachep, pid);
> - pid = NULL;
> - goto out;
> }
>
> struct pid * fastcall find_pid(int nr)
> Index: 2.6.22/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
> +++ 2.6.22/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), voi
> regs.eflags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | 0x2;
>
> /* Ok, create the new process.. */
> - return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
> + return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
>
> @@ -722,9 +722,16 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
> return prev_p;
> }
>
> +asmlinkage int sys_forkpid(struct pt_regs regs)
> +{
> + pid_t pid = regs.ebx;
> +
> + return do_fork(SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL, pid);
> +}
> +
> asmlinkage int sys_fork(struct pt_regs regs)
> {
> - return do_fork(SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
> + return do_fork(SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
> }
>
> asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs regs)
> @@ -739,7 +746,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs
> child_tidptr = (int __user *)regs.edi;
> if (!newsp)
> newsp = regs.esp;
> - return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, &regs, 0, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr);
> + return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, &regs, 0, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr, 0);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -754,7 +761,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs
> */
> asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs regs)
> {
> - return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
> + return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
> }
>
> /*
> Index: 2.6.22/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
> +++ 2.6.22/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
> @@ -323,3 +323,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
> .long sys_signalfd
> .long sys_timerfd
> .long sys_eventfd
> + .long sys_forkpid
> Index: 2.6.22/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
> +++ 2.6.22/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
> @@ -329,10 +329,11 @@
> #define __NR_signalfd 321
> #define __NR_timerfd 322
> #define __NR_eventfd 323
> +#define __NR_forkpid 324
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
>
> -#define NR_syscalls 324
> +#define NR_syscalls 325
>
> #define __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
> #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
> Index: 2.6.22/kernel/fork.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/kernel/fork.c
> +++ 2.6.22/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1358,15 +1358,16 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
> struct pt_regs *regs,
> unsigned long stack_size,
> int __user *parent_tidptr,
> - int __user *child_tidptr)
> + int __user *child_tidptr,
> + pid_t upid)
> {
> struct task_struct *p;
> int trace = 0;
> - struct pid *pid = alloc_pid();
> + struct pid *pid = alloc_pid(upid);
> long nr;
>
> - if (!pid)
> - return -EAGAIN;
> + if (IS_ERR(pid))
> + return PTR_ERR(pid);
> nr = pid->nr;
> if (unlikely(current->ptrace)) {
> trace = fork_traceflag (clone_flags);
> Index: 2.6.22/include/linux/sched.h
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ 2.6.22/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ extern int allow_signal(int);
> extern int disallow_signal(int);
>
> extern int do_execve(char *, char __user * __user *, char __user * __user *, struct pt_regs *);
> -extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
> +extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *, pid_t);
> struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
>
> extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
> Index: 2.6.22/include/linux/pid.h
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.22.orig/include/linux/pid.h
> +++ 2.6.22/include/linux/pid.h
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ extern struct pid *FASTCALL(find_pid(int
> extern struct pid *find_get_pid(int nr);
> extern struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr);
>
> -extern struct pid *alloc_pid(void);
> +extern struct pid *alloc_pid(pid_t upid);
> extern void FASTCALL(free_pid(struct pid *pid));
>
> static inline pid_t pid_nr(struct pid *pid)
--
Gregory Kurz gkurz@fr.ibm.com
Software Engineer @ IBM/Meiosys http://www.ibm.com
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