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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2021-03-21 09:37:48 -0600
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2021-03-21 09:41:07 -0600
commit4db4b1a0d1779dc159f7b87feb97030ec0b12597 (patch)
tree4a5fda2de8bfda249c99f791346d0f2faff9d4ed /kernel
parent5be28c8f85ce99ed2d329d2ad8bdd18ea19473a5 (diff)
downloadlinux-4db4b1a0d1779dc159f7b87feb97030ec0b12597.tar.gz
signal: don't allow STOP on PF_IO_WORKER threads
Just like we don't allow normal signals to IO threads, don't deliver a
STOP to a task that has PF_IO_WORKER set. The IO threads don't take
signals in general, and have no means of flushing out a stop either.

Longer term, we may want to look into allowing stop of these threads,
as it relates to eg process freezing. For now, this prevents a spin
issue if a SIGSTOP is delivered to the parent task.

Reported-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 11cabcf20e7a..f2a1b898da29 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ bool task_set_jobctl_pending(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long mask)
 			JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK | JOBCTL_TRAPPING));
 	BUG_ON((mask & JOBCTL_TRAPPING) && !(mask & JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK));
 
-	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) || (task->flags & PF_EXITING)))
+	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) ||
+		     (task->flags & (PF_EXITING | PF_IO_WORKER))))
 		return false;
 
 	if (mask & JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK)