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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] tracing: fix syscall_*regfunc() vs copy_process() race
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 08:58:54PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> syscall_regfunc() and syscall_unregfunc() should set/clear
> TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT system-wide, but do_each_thread() can race
> with copy_process() and miss the new child which was not added to
> the process/thread lists yet.
>
> Change copy_process() to update the child's TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT
> under tasklist.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>

> ---
> include/trace/syscall.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> kernel/fork.c | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/syscall.h b/include/trace/syscall.h
> index fed853f..291c282 100644
> --- a/include/trace/syscall.h
> +++ b/include/trace/syscall.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
> #include <linux/unistd.h>
> #include <linux/ftrace_event.h>
> +#include <linux/thread_info.h>
>
> #include <asm/ptrace.h>
>
> @@ -32,4 +33,18 @@ struct syscall_metadata {
> struct ftrace_event_call *exit_event;
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
> +static inline void syscall_tracepoint_update(struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> + if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
> + set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
> + else
> + clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline void syscall_tracepoint_update(struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> #endif /* _TRACE_SYSCALL_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index a17621c..2d55a47 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1484,7 +1484,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
>
> total_forks++;
> spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
> + syscall_tracepoint_update(p);
> write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
> +
> proc_fork_connector(p);
> cgroup_post_fork(p);
> if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
> --
> 1.5.5.1
>
>


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