From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>, <arjanv@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: heavy handed exit() in latest BK
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 19:48:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200302090348.h193mcn05216@magilla.sf.frob.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Roland McGrath's message of Saturday, 8 February 2003 19:33:49 -0800 <200302090333.h193Xnn04935@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Here is the patch vs 2.5.59-1.1007 that I am using now. gdb seems happy.
I have not run a lot of other tests yet.
--- /home/roland/redhat/linux-2.5.59-1.1007/kernel/signal.c.~1~ Fri Feb 7 20:04:29 2003
+++ /home/roland/redhat/linux-2.5.59-1.1007/kernel/signal.c Sat Feb 8 19:35:28 2003
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ int max_queued_signals = 1024;
#define SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK (\
M(SIGSTOP) | M(SIGTSTP) | M(SIGTTIN) | M(SIGTTOU) )
-#define SIG_KERNEL_CONT_MASK (\
- M(SIGCONT) | M(SIGKILL) )
-
#define SIG_KERNEL_COREDUMP_MASK (\
M(SIGQUIT) | M(SIGILL) | M(SIGTRAP) | M(SIGABRT) | \
M(SIGFPE) | M(SIGSEGV) | M(SIGBUS) | M(SIGSYS) | \
@@ -139,8 +136,6 @@ int max_queued_signals = 1024;
(((sig) < SIGRTMIN) && T(sig, SIG_KERNEL_IGNORE_MASK))
#define sig_kernel_stop(sig) \
(((sig) < SIGRTMIN) && T(sig, SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK))
-#define sig_kernel_cont(sig) \
- (((sig) < SIGRTMIN) && T(sig, SIG_KERNEL_CONT_MASK))
#define sig_user_defined(t, signr) \
(((t)->sighand->action[(signr)-1].sa.sa_handler != SIG_DFL) && \
@@ -592,7 +587,7 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig,
t = next_thread(t);
} while (t != p);
}
- else if (sig_kernel_cont(sig)) {
+ else if (sig == SIGCONT) {
/*
* Remove all stop signals from all queues,
* and wake all threads.
@@ -618,7 +613,8 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig,
p->group_leader,
p->group_leader->real_parent);
}
- rm_from_queue(SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK, &p->signal->shared_pending);
+ rm_from_queue(SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK,
+ &p->signal->shared_pending);
t = p;
do {
rm_from_queue(SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK, &t->pending);
@@ -637,17 +633,13 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig,
* running the handler. With the TIF_SIGPENDING
* flag set, the thread will pause and acquire the
* siglock that we hold now and until we've queued
- * the pending signal. For SIGKILL, we likewise
- * don't want anybody doing anything but taking the
- * SIGKILL. The only case in which a thread would
- * not already be in the signal dequeuing loop is
- * non-signal (e.g. syscall) ptrace tracing, so we
- * don't worry about an unnecessary trip through
- * the signal code and just keep this code path
- * simpler by unconditionally setting the flag.
+ * the pending signal.
*/
- set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SIGPENDING);
- wake_up_process(t);
+ if (!(t->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
+ if (!sigismember(&t->blocked, SIGCONT))
+ set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SIGPENDING);
+ wake_up_process(t);
+ }
t = next_thread(t);
} while (t != p);
}
@@ -782,23 +774,25 @@ force_sig_specific(int sig, struct task_
}
/*
- * Test if P wants to take SIG. After we've checked all threads with this,
- * it's equivalent to finding no threads not blocking SIG. Any threads not
- * blocking SIG were ruled out because they are not running and already
- * have pending signals. Such threads will dequeue from the shared queue
- * as soon as they're available, so putting the signal on the shared queue
- * will be equivalent to sending it to one such thread.
- */
-#define wants_signal(sig, p) (!sigismember(&(p)->blocked, sig) \
- && (p)->state < TASK_STOPPED \
- && !((p)->flags & PF_EXITING) \
- && (task_curr(p) || !signal_pending(p)))
+ * Test if P wants to take SIG. MASK gives P->state bits that rule it out.
+ * After we've checked all threads with this, it's equivalent to finding no
+ * threads not blocking SIG. Any threads not blocking SIG were ruled out
+ * because they are not running and already have pending signals. Such
+ * threads will dequeue from the shared queue as soon as they're available,
+ * so putting the signal on the shared queue will be equivalent to sending
+ * it to one such thread.
+ */
+#define wants_signal(sig, p, mask) \
+ (!sigismember(&(p)->blocked, sig) && \
+ !((p)->state & (mask)) && !((p)->flags & PF_EXITING) &&\
+ (task_curr(p) || !signal_pending(p)))
static inline int
__group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
{
struct task_struct *t;
int ret;
+ unsigned int mask;
#if CONFIG_SMP
if (!spin_is_locked(&p->sighand->siglock))
@@ -824,12 +818,20 @@ __group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct si
return ret;
/*
+ * Signals are only accepted by non-stopped processes.
+ * SIGKILL is the exception: it acts on stopped processes too.
+ */
+ mask = TASK_ZOMBIE | TASK_DEAD;
+ if (sig != SIGKILL)
+ mask |= TASK_STOPPED;
+
+ /*
* Now find a thread we can wake up to take the signal off the queue.
*
* If the main thread wants the signal, it gets first crack.
* Probably the least surprising to the average bear.
*/
- if (wants_signal(sig, p))
+ if (wants_signal(sig, p, mask))
t = p;
else if (thread_group_empty(p))
/*
@@ -847,7 +849,7 @@ __group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct si
t = p->signal->curr_target = p;
BUG_ON(t->tgid != p->tgid);
- while (!wants_signal(sig, t)) {
+ while (!wants_signal(sig, t, mask)) {
t = next_thread(t);
if (t == p->signal->curr_target)
/*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-09 3:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-09 0:57 heavy handed exit() in latest BK Anton Blanchard
2003-02-09 2:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 2:17 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 2:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 2:31 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 2:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 2:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 2:41 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 3:30 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 3:33 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 3:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 3:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 3:48 ` Roland McGrath [this message]
2003-02-09 4:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 4:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-09 5:00 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 9:28 ` Russell King
2003-02-10 8:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-10 15:22 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] <200302091130.h19BU2107744@magilla.sf.frob.com>
2003-02-09 11:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-09 11:56 ` Roland McGrath
2003-02-09 12:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-09 12:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-09 12:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-09 12:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-02-10 1:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-10 1:27 ` Roland McGrath
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