[PATCH] exec: make de_thread() freezable

[PATCH] exec: make de_thread() freezable

[Chanho Min]

Suspend fails due to the exec family of functions blocking the freezer.
The casue is that de_thread() sleeps in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE waiting for
all sub-threads to die, and we have the deadlock if one of them is frozen.
In our machine, it causes freeze timeout as bellows.

Freezing of tasks failed after 20.010 seconds (1 tasks refusing to freeze, wq_busy=0):
setcpushares-ls D ffffffc00008ed70     0  5817   1483 0x0040000d
 Call trace:
[<ffffffc00008ed70>] __switch_to+0x88/0xa0
[<ffffffc000d1c30c>] __schedule+0x1bc/0x720
[<ffffffc000d1ca90>] schedule+0x40/0xa8
[<ffffffc0001cd784>] flush_old_exec+0xdc/0x640
[<ffffffc000220360>] load_elf_binary+0x2a8/0x1090
[<ffffffc0001ccff4>] search_binary_handler+0x9c/0x240
[<ffffffc00021c584>] load_script+0x20c/0x228
[<ffffffc0001ccff4>] search_binary_handler+0x9c/0x240
[<ffffffc0001ce8e0>] do_execveat_common.isra.14+0x4f8/0x6e8
[<ffffffc0001cedd0>] compat_SyS_execve+0x38/0x48
[<ffffffc00008de30>] el0_svc_naked+0x24/0x28

To fix this, make de_thread() freezable. It looks safe and works fine.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
---
 fs/exec.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1ebf6e5..70ccfc8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -1083,7 +1084,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	while (sig->notify_count) {
 		__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
 		spin_unlock_irq(lock);
-		schedule();
+		freezable_schedule();
 		if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk)))
 			goto killed;
 		spin_lock_irq(lock);
-- 
2.1.4

Re: [PATCH] exec: make de_thread() freezable

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 11/09, Chanho Min wrote:
>
> @@ -1083,7 +1084,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  	while (sig->notify_count) {
>  		__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
>  		spin_unlock_irq(lock);
> -		schedule();
> +		freezable_schedule();

Thanks, but please note another schedule() in "if (!thread_group_leader(tsk))"
branch, we probably want to change it too?

Oleg.

RE: [PATCH] exec: make de_thread() freezable

[Chanho Min]

> Thanks, but please note another schedule() in "if
> (!thread_group_leader(tsk))"
> branch, we probably want to change it too?
> 
> Oleg.
Sounds right, The thread group leader might be frozen as well.
I'll prepare v2.