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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 1/5] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:11:45 +0100
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* Mathieu Desnoyers:

> Thoughts ?
>
>   /* Unregister rseq TLS from kernel. */
>   if (has_rseq && __rseq_unregister_current_thread ())
>     abort();
>
>   advise_stack_range (pd->stackblock, pd->stackblock_size, (uintptr_t) pd,
>                       pd->guardsize);
>
>   /* If the thread is detached free the TCB.  */
>   if (IS_DETACHED (pd))
>     /* Free the TCB.  */
>     __free_tcb (pd);

Considering that we proceed to free the TCB, I really hope that all
signals are blocked at this point.  (I have not checked this, though.)

Wouldn't this address your concern about access to the rseq area?

Thanks,
Florian