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author | Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> | 2012-03-05 23:59:14 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-03-06 00:49:42 +0100 |
commit | 6027ce497d44dd8eae1a9215789df178f6b422cc (patch) | |
tree | 5844f0d3899a7a3214cb1145b3d9a8f9660dd7c7 /kernel | |
parent | vfork: kill PF_STARTING (diff) | |
download | linux-6027ce497d44dd8eae1a9215789df178f6b422cc.tar.xz linux-6027ce497d44dd8eae1a9215789df178f6b422cc.zip |
hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks()->rcu_lock_break() introduced by
"softlockup: check all tasks in hung_task" commit ce9dbe24 looks
absolutely wrong.
- rcu_lock_break() does put_task_struct(). If the task has exited
it is not safe to even read its ->state, nothing protects this
task_struct.
- The TASK_DEAD checks are wrong too. Contrary to the comment, we
can't use it to check if the task was unhashed. It can be unhashed
without TASK_DEAD, or it can be valid with TASK_DEAD.
For example, an autoreaping task can do release_task(current)
long before it sets TASK_DEAD in do_exit().
Or, a zombie task can have ->state == TASK_DEAD but release_task()
was not called, and in this case we must not break the loop.
Change this code to check pid_alive() instead, and do this before we drop
the reference to the task_struct.
Note: while_each_thread() under rcu_read_lock() is not really safe, it can
livelock. This will be fixed later, but fortunately in this case the
"max_count" logic saves us anyway.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/hung_task.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c index 2e48ec0c2e91..c21449f85a2a 100644 --- a/kernel/hung_task.c +++ b/kernel/hung_task.c @@ -119,15 +119,20 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout) * For preemptible RCU it is sufficient to call rcu_read_unlock in order * to exit the grace period. For classic RCU, a reschedule is required. */ -static void rcu_lock_break(struct task_struct *g, struct task_struct *t) +static bool rcu_lock_break(struct task_struct *g, struct task_struct *t) { + bool can_cont; + get_task_struct(g); get_task_struct(t); rcu_read_unlock(); cond_resched(); rcu_read_lock(); + can_cont = pid_alive(g) && pid_alive(t); put_task_struct(t); put_task_struct(g); + + return can_cont; } /* @@ -154,9 +159,7 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout) goto unlock; if (!--batch_count) { batch_count = HUNG_TASK_BATCHING; - rcu_lock_break(g, t); - /* Exit if t or g was unhashed during refresh. */ - if (t->state == TASK_DEAD || g->state == TASK_DEAD) + if (!rcu_lock_break(g, t)) goto unlock; } /* use "==" to skip the TASK_KILLABLE tasks waiting on NFS */ |