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1 files changed, 78 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 9b12d65186f..c2390f41307 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <trace/events/sched.h>
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ struct kthread_create_info
/* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
struct task_struct *result;
- struct completion done;
+ struct completion *done;
struct list_head list;
};
@@ -135,6 +136,24 @@ void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
return to_kthread(task)->data;
}
+/**
+ * probe_kthread_data - speculative version of kthread_data()
+ * @task: possible kthread task in question
+ *
+ * @task could be a kthread task. Return the data value specified when it
+ * was created if accessible. If @task isn't a kthread task or its data is
+ * inaccessible for any reason, %NULL is returned. This function requires
+ * that @task itself is safe to dereference.
+ */
+void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(task);
+ void *data = NULL;
+
+ probe_kernel_read(&data, &kthread->data, sizeof(data));
+ return data;
+}
+
static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self)
{
__set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
@@ -159,6 +178,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
void *data = create->data;
+ struct completion *done;
struct kthread self;
int ret;
@@ -168,10 +188,16 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
init_completion(&self.parked);
current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
+ /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
+ done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
+ if (!done) {
+ kfree(create);
+ do_exit(-EINTR);
+ }
/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
create->result = current;
- complete(&create->done);
+ complete(done);
schedule();
ret = -EINTR;
@@ -191,7 +217,7 @@ int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
if (tsk == kthreadd_task)
return tsk->pref_node_fork;
#endif
- return numa_node_id();
+ return NUMA_NO_NODE;
}
static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
@@ -204,8 +230,15 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
/* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
if (pid < 0) {
+ /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
+ struct completion *done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
+
+ if (!done) {
+ kfree(create);
+ return;
+ }
create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
- complete(&create->done);
+ complete(done);
}
}
@@ -229,43 +262,66 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
* kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
* or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
*
- * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
+ * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) or ERR_PTR(-EINTR).
*/
struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void *data, int node,
const char namefmt[],
...)
{
- struct kthread_create_info create;
-
- create.threadfn = threadfn;
- create.data = data;
- create.node = node;
- init_completion(&create.done);
+ DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
+ struct task_struct *task;
+ struct kthread_create_info *create = kmalloc(sizeof(*create),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!create)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ create->threadfn = threadfn;
+ create->data = data;
+ create->node = node;
+ create->done = &done;
spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
- list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
+ list_add_tail(&create->list, &kthread_create_list);
spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
- wait_for_completion(&create.done);
-
- if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
+ /*
+ * Wait for completion in killable state, for I might be chosen by
+ * the OOM killer while kthreadd is trying to allocate memory for
+ * new kernel thread.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(wait_for_completion_killable(&done))) {
+ /*
+ * If I was SIGKILLed before kthreadd (or new kernel thread)
+ * calls complete(), leave the cleanup of this structure to
+ * that thread.
+ */
+ if (xchg(&create->done, NULL))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
+ /*
+ * kthreadd (or new kernel thread) will call complete()
+ * shortly.
+ */
+ wait_for_completion(&done);
+ }
+ task = create->result;
+ if (!IS_ERR(task)) {
static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
va_list args;
va_start(args, namefmt);
- vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
- namefmt, args);
+ vsnprintf(task->comm, sizeof(task->comm), namefmt, args);
va_end(args);
/*
* root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
* The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
*/
- sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
- set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
+ sched_setscheduler_nocheck(task, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
+ set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, cpu_all_mask);
}
- return create.result;
+ kfree(create);
+ return task;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node);
@@ -278,7 +334,7 @@ static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu, long state)
}
/* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpumask_of(cpu));
- p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
+ p->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
}
/**
@@ -313,7 +369,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
{
struct task_struct *p;
- p = kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, cpu_to_node(cpu), namefmt,
+ p = kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, cpu_to_mem(cpu), namefmt,
cpu);
if (IS_ERR(p))
return p;