From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>,
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
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Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
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LSM List <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/16] exit: Factor thread_group_exited out of pidfd_poll
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:37:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873668s2j8.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200703203021.paebx25miovmaxqt@ast-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (Alexei Starovoitov's message of "Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:30:21 -0700")
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 11:41:37AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Create an independent helper thread_group_exited report return true
>> when all threads have passed exit_notify in do_exit. AKA all of the
>> threads are at least zombies and might be dead or completely gone.
>>
>> Create this helper by taking the logic out of pidfd_poll where
>> it is already tested, and adding a missing READ_ONCE on
>> the read of task->exit_state.
>>
>> I will be changing the user mode driver code to use this same logic
>> to know when a user mode driver needs to be restarted.
>>
>> Place the new helper thread_group_exited in kernel/exit.c and
>> EXPORT it so it can be used by modules.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>> ---
>> include/linux/sched/signal.h | 2 ++
>> kernel/exit.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> kernel/fork.c | 6 +-----
>> 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
>> index 0ee5e696c5d8..1bad18a1d8ba 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
>> @@ -674,6 +674,8 @@ static inline int thread_group_empty(struct task_struct *p)
>> #define delay_group_leader(p) \
>> (thread_group_leader(p) && !thread_group_empty(p))
>>
>> +extern bool thread_group_exited(struct pid *pid);
>> +
>> extern struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *task,
>> unsigned long *flags);
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
>> index d3294b611df1..a7f112feb0f6 100644
>> --- a/kernel/exit.c
>> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
>> @@ -1713,6 +1713,30 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(waitid,
>> }
>> #endif
>>
>> +/**
>> + * thread_group_exited - check that a thread group has exited
>> + * @pid: tgid of thread group to be checked.
>> + *
>> + * Test if thread group is has exited (all threads are zombies, dead
>> + * or completely gone).
>> + *
>> + * Return: true if the thread group has exited. false otherwise.
>> + */
>> +bool thread_group_exited(struct pid *pid)
>> +{
>> + struct task_struct *task;
>> + bool exited;
>> +
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> + task = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
>> + exited = !task ||
>> + (READ_ONCE(task->exit_state) && thread_group_empty(task));
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> +
>> + return exited;
>> +}
>
> I'm not sure why you think READ_ONCE was missing.
> It's different in wait_consider_task() where READ_ONCE is needed because
> of multiple checks. Here it's done once.
In practice it probably has no effect on the generated code. But
READ_ONCE is about telling the compiler not to be clever. Don't use
tearing loads or stores etc. When all of the other readers are using
READ_ONCE I just get nervous if we have a case that doesn't.
> The rest all looks good to me. Tested with and without bpf_preload patches.
> Feel free to create a frozen branch with this set.
Can I have your Tested-by and Acked-by?
> btw I'll be offline starting tomorrow for a week.
> Will catch up with threads afterwards.
Eric
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2020-06-29 19:55 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] Make the user mode driver code a better citizen Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 19:56 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] umh: Capture the pid in umh_pipe_setup Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] umh: Move setting PF_UMH into umh_pipe_setup Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] umh: Rename the user mode driver helpers for clarity Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] umh: Remove call_usermodehelper_setup_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] umh: Separate the user mode driver and the user mode helper support Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 16:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-07-01 17:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-01 17:42 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-06-29 20:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] umd: For clarity rename umh_info umd_info Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:02 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] umd: Rename umd_info.cmdline umd_info.driver_name Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:03 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] umd: Transform fork_usermode_blob into fork_usermode_driver Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:03 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] umh: Stop calling do_execve_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:04 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] exec: Remove do_execve_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 5:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-30 12:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 13:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-30 14:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 16:55 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-06-29 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] bpfilter: Move bpfilter_umh back into init data Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] umd: Track user space drivers with struct pid Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] bpfilter: Take advantage of the facilities of " Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] umd: Remove exit_umh Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] umd: Stop using split_argv Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-29 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] Make the user mode driver code a better citizen Alexei Starovoitov
2020-06-30 1:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 6:16 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-06-30 12:29 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 13:21 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-07-02 13:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 13:40 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-07-02 16:02 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-03 13:19 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-07-03 22:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-04 6:57 ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-07-08 4:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-06-30 16:52 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-07-01 17:12 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] umh: Capture the pid in umh_pipe_setup Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] umh: Move setting PF_UMH into umh_pipe_setup Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] umh: Rename the user mode driver helpers for clarity Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] umh: Remove call_usermodehelper_setup_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] umh: Separate the user mode driver and the user mode helper support Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] umd: For clarity rename umh_info umd_info Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] umd: Rename umd_info.cmdline umd_info.driver_name Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] umd: Transform fork_usermode_blob into fork_usermode_driver Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] umh: Stop calling do_execve_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] exec: Remove do_execve_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-08 6:35 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-07-08 12:41 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-07-08 13:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-08 13:32 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-07-12 21:02 ` Pavel Machek
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] bpfilter: Move bpfilter_umh back into init data Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] umd: Track user space drivers with struct pid Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] exit: Factor thread_group_exited out of pidfd_poll Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-03 20:30 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-07-03 21:37 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2020-07-04 0:03 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-07-04 15:50 ` Christian Brauner
2020-07-07 17:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-08 0:05 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-07-08 3:50 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-04 16:00 ` Christian Brauner
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] bpfilter: Take advantage of the facilities of struct pid Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] umd: Remove exit_umh Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] umd: Stop using split_argv Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-02 23:51 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] Make the user mode driver code a better citizen Tetsuo Handa
2020-07-09 22:05 ` [merged][PATCH " Eric W. Biederman
2020-07-14 19:42 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-07-08 5:20 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] " Luis Chamberlain
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