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__ptrace_detach: avoid task_detached(), check do_notify_parent()
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__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>
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oleg-nesterov committed Jun 27, 2011
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33 changes: 18 additions & 15 deletions kernel/ptrace.c
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Expand Up @@ -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)
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