From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] selftests/coredump: test shared signal retargeting during a dump
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:17:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917-work-coredump-fixes-v2-7-f3787fcda051@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917-work-coredump-fixes-v2-0-f3787fcda051@kernel.org>
A shared signal that is still queued when a thread crashes gets
retargeted to the dumper when a zapped sibling restores its signal mask
on the way out of sigtimedwait(). That sets TIF_SIGPENDING on the dumper
and cuts the core short at the next full pipe or socket buffer. Cover
that:
- one sibling sleeps in sigtimedwait() for SIGUSR1
- a vfork() child queues SIGUSR1 for the main thread while it sleeps
killably and then the SIGSEGV that is dequeued first
- the coredump server holds its read back so the dumper blocks on the
full socket buffer
Check that the core covers every segment with and without the queued
signal.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile | 4 +-
.../selftests/coredump/coredump_signal_test.c | 238 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
index 097f52db0be9..c198f2ca5872 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
stackdump_test
coredump_socket_test
coredump_socket_protocol_test
+coredump_signal_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile
index dc8489d40618..bfb53f512d8e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -O0 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
TEST_GEN_PROGS := stackdump_test \
coredump_socket_test \
coredump_socket_protocol_test \
- coredump_close_files_test
+ coredump_close_files_test \
+ coredump_signal_test
TEST_FILES := stackdump
include ../lib.mk
@@ -13,3 +14,4 @@ $(OUTPUT)/stackdump_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
$(OUTPUT)/coredump_socket_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
$(OUTPUT)/coredump_socket_protocol_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
$(OUTPUT)/coredump_close_files_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
+$(OUTPUT)/coredump_signal_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_signal_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_signal_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdf48b144781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_signal_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "coredump_test.h"
+
+/* Big enough to fill the socket buffer many times over. */
+#define CRASH_MAPPING_SIZE (32 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(coredump)
+{
+ FILE *file;
+ int ret;
+
+ self->pid_coredump_server = -ESRCH;
+ self->fd_tmpfs_detached = -1;
+ file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "r");
+ ASSERT_NE(NULL, file);
+
+ ret = fread(self->original_core_pattern, 1, sizeof(self->original_core_pattern), file);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(ret || feof(file));
+ ASSERT_LT(ret, sizeof(self->original_core_pattern));
+
+ self->original_core_pattern[ret] = '\0';
+
+ ret = fclose(file);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, ret);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(coredump)
+{
+ const char *reason;
+ FILE *file;
+ int ret, status;
+
+ if (self->pid_coredump_server > 0) {
+ kill(self->pid_coredump_server, SIGTERM);
+ waitpid(self->pid_coredump_server, &status, 0);
+ }
+ unlink("/tmp/coredump.file");
+ unlink("/tmp/coredump.socket");
+
+ file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "w");
+ if (!file) {
+ reason = "Unable to open core_pattern";
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ ret = fprintf(file, "%s", self->original_core_pattern);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ reason = "Unable to write to core_pattern";
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ ret = fclose(file);
+ if (ret) {
+ reason = "Unable to close core_pattern";
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ return;
+fail:
+ /* This should never happen */
+ fprintf(stderr, "Failed to cleanup coredump test: %s\n", reason);
+}
+
+static volatile int waiter_ready;
+
+static void usr1_handler(int sig)
+{
+}
+
+/* Sleeps in sigtimedwait() with SIGUSR1 unblocked only inside the kernel. */
+static void *sigwaiter(void *arg)
+{
+ sigset_t set;
+ siginfo_t info;
+
+ sigemptyset(&set);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
+ __atomic_store_n(&waiter_ready, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+ for (;;)
+ sigtimedwait(&set, &info, NULL);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Crash with a shared SIGUSR1 still queued for this thread. The vfork()
+ * child queues it while we sleep killably and then the SIGSEGV that is
+ * dequeued first. The zap wakes the sibling out of sigtimedwait() and its
+ * mask restore retargets SIGUSR1 to the dumper.
+ */
+static void crashing_child_retarget(bool queue_shared)
+{
+ sigset_t all, old;
+ pthread_t thread;
+ pid_t pid, tid;
+ char *p;
+
+ p = mmap(NULL, CRASH_MAPPING_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ memset(p, 0x5a, CRASH_MAPPING_SIZE);
+
+ signal(SIGUSR1, usr1_handler);
+ sigfillset(&all);
+ pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &all, &old);
+ /* One waiter only, retarget stops at the first thread not blocking it. */
+ if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, sigwaiter, NULL))
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old, NULL);
+ while (!__atomic_load_n(&waiter_ready, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE))
+ usleep(1000);
+ usleep(50 * 1000);
+
+ pid = getpid();
+ tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
+ if (vfork() == 0) {
+ if (queue_shared)
+ syscall(SYS_kill, pid, SIGUSR1);
+ syscall(SYS_tgkill, pid, tid, SIGSEGV);
+ syscall(SYS_exit, 0);
+ }
+
+ /* Not reached, the pending SIGSEGV dumps core. */
+ for (;;)
+ pause();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dump the crashing child into /tmp/coredump.file through a server that
+ * holds the read back so the dumper blocks on the full socket buffer.
+ */
+static void run_coredump(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
+ FIXTURE_DATA(coredump) *self, bool queue_shared)
+{
+ pid_t pid, pid_coredump_server;
+ int ipc_sockets[2];
+ int status;
+ char c;
+
+ unlink("/tmp/coredump.file");
+ unlink("/tmp/coredump.socket");
+ ASSERT_TRUE(set_core_pattern("@/tmp/coredump.socket"));
+ ASSERT_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, ipc_sockets), 0);
+
+ pid_coredump_server = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid_coredump_server, 0);
+ if (pid_coredump_server == 0) {
+ int fd_server = -1, fd_coredump = -1, fd_core_file = -1;
+ int exit_code = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+ close(ipc_sockets[0]);
+
+ fd_server = create_and_listen_unix_socket("/tmp/coredump.socket");
+ if (fd_server < 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (write_nointr(ipc_sockets[1], "1", 1) < 0)
+ goto out;
+ close(ipc_sockets[1]);
+
+ fd_coredump = accept4(fd_server, NULL, NULL, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd_coredump < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: accept4 failed: %m\n", __func__);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Let the dumper run into the full socket buffer first. */
+ sleep(1);
+
+ fd_core_file = creat("/tmp/coredump.file", 0644);
+ if (fd_core_file < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: creat failed: %m\n", __func__);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (recv_coredump_bytes(fd_coredump, fd_core_file) < 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ exit_code = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+out:
+ if (fd_core_file >= 0)
+ close(fd_core_file);
+ if (fd_coredump >= 0)
+ close(fd_coredump);
+ if (fd_server >= 0)
+ close(fd_server);
+ _exit(exit_code);
+ }
+ self->pid_coredump_server = pid_coredump_server;
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(ipc_sockets[1]), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(read_nointr(ipc_sockets[0], &c, 1), 1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(ipc_sockets[0]), 0);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+ if (pid == 0)
+ crashing_child_retarget(queue_shared);
+
+ waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSIGNALED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WTERMSIG(status), SIGSEGV);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WCOREDUMP(status));
+
+ wait_and_check_coredump_server(pid_coredump_server, _metadata, self);
+}
+
+static void check_coredump_complete(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/tmp/coredump.file", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_coredump_extent(fd));
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+TEST_F(coredump, retarget_shared_pending)
+{
+ run_coredump(_metadata, self, false);
+ check_coredump_complete(_metadata);
+
+ run_coredump(_metadata, self, true);
+ check_coredump_complete(_metadata);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 9:17 [PATCH v2 0/7] coredump & signals: an impossible affair Christian Brauner
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] fork: refuse new threads while a coredump or an exec is in progress Christian Brauner
2026-09-17 16:33 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-09-18 10:40 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-18 12:24 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 12:52 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 13:41 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-18 14:29 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 15:00 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 15:15 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 10:32 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 11:46 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 12:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] coredump: hold RCU while releasing parked threads Christian Brauner
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] signal: only SIGKILL and the freezers interrupt a coredumping task Christian Brauner
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] coredump: parse a snapshot of core_pattern Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 15:28 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] io-wq: order the exit bit against worker creation task work Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 14:55 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-17 9:17 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] signal: don't retarget shared signals in a dying thread group Christian Brauner
2026-09-18 14:24 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-17 9:17 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
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