__ptrace_detach: avoid task_detached(), check do_notify_parent()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:08:53 +0000 (23:08 +0200)
committerOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:30:08 +0000 (20:30 +0200)
__ptrace_detach() relies on the current obscure behaviour of
do_notify_parent(tsk) which changes tsk->exit_signal if this child
should be silently reaped. That is why we check task_detached(), it
is true if the task is sub-thread, or it is the group_leader but
its exit_signal was changed by do_notify_parent().

This is confusing, change the code to rely on !thread_group_leader()
or the value returned by do_notify_parent().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
kernel/ptrace.c

index e18966c..66a28bd 100644 (file)
@@ -370,25 +370,28 @@ static int ignoring_children(struct sighand_struct *sigh)
  */
 static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
 {
+       bool dead;
+
        __ptrace_unlink(p);
 
-       if (p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) {
-               if (!task_detached(p) && thread_group_empty(p)) {
-                       if (!same_thread_group(p->real_parent, tracer))
-                               do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
-                       else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand)) {
-                               __wake_up_parent(p, tracer);
-                               p->exit_signal = -1;
-                       }
-               }
-               if (task_detached(p)) {
-                       /* Mark it as in the process of being reaped. */
-                       p->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
-                       return true;
+       if (p->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE)
+               return false;
+
+       dead = !thread_group_leader(p);
+
+       if (!dead && thread_group_empty(p)) {
+               if (!same_thread_group(p->real_parent, tracer))
+                       dead = do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
+               else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand)) {
+                       __wake_up_parent(p, tracer);
+                       p->exit_signal = -1;
+                       dead = true;
                }
        }
-
-       return false;
+       /* Mark it as in the process of being reaped. */
+       if (dead)
+               p->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
+       return dead;
 }
 
 static int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)