From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
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 v3 10/17] selftests/coredump: test a user worker as the coredumping thread
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:44:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921-work-coredump-fixes-v3-10-8e4adb1619e6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921-work-coredump-fixes-v3-0-8e4adb1619e6@kernel.org>
A tracer can clear the signal mask of an io-wq worker or an SQPOLL
thread with PTRACE_SETSIGMASK and inject a coredump signal. The worker
then runs vfs_coredump() itself. Cover that:
- a child keeps a ring, an idle io-wq worker and with SQPOLL the SQPOLL
thread alive
- seize the chosen thread, stop it with SIGSTOP, clear its mask and
detach with SIGSEGV
- require the thread group to be gone in bounded time, by the dump or
by SIGKILL
The io-wq worker of an SQPOLL ring fails: the SQPOLL thread waits for
its workers to exit before it parks, the dumping worker waits for the
SQPOLL thread to park and the group is stuck in D state.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile | 4 +-
.../selftests/coredump/coredump_worker_test.c | 427 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 431 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
index c198f2ca5872..e32f6e9006f6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ stackdump_test
coredump_socket_test
coredump_socket_protocol_test
coredump_signal_test
+coredump_worker_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/Makefile
index d6cd9a7e9ac0..57ec331f03a7 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_signal_test
+ coredump_signal_test \
+ coredump_worker_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
$(OUTPUT)/coredump_signal_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
+$(OUTPUT)/coredump_worker_test: coredump_test_helpers.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_worker_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_worker_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81cadde0e752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_worker_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,427 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * A user worker as the coredumping thread.
+ *
+ * io-wq workers and SQPOLL threads are threads of the process that never
+ * return to userspace. They block every signal but SIGKILL and SIGSTOP,
+ * but a tracer can replace that mask with PTRACE_SETSIGMASK and inject a
+ * coredump signal. get_signal() then runs vfs_coredump() in the worker.
+ * The worker's own exit bookkeeping runs only after the dump, so a
+ * zapped sibling that waits for it in its exit path deadlocks with the
+ * dumper and the whole thread group is stuck in D state.
+ *
+ * Inject SIGSEGV into a chosen thread and require that the thread group
+ * is gone in bounded time, either because the dump completed or because
+ * SIGKILL still works. A failure leaves the stuck process behind.
+ */
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
+
+#include "coredump_test.h"
+
+#ifndef PTRACE_SETSIGMASK
+#define PTRACE_SETSIGMASK 0x420b
+#endif
+
+/* The dump of the tiny child takes well under a second. */
+#define EXIT_TIMEOUT_MS 5000
+
+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;
+
+ 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);
+}
+
+/* A raw ring, no liburing. */
+struct uring {
+ int fd;
+ struct io_uring_params params;
+ void *sq;
+ size_t sq_len;
+ struct io_uring_sqe *sqes;
+ size_t sqes_len;
+ unsigned int *sq_tail, *sq_mask, *sq_array;
+ unsigned int *cq_head, *cq_tail, *cq_mask;
+ struct io_uring_cqe *cqes;
+};
+
+static int uring_setup(struct uring *r, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ size_t cq_len;
+
+ memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
+ r->params.flags = flags;
+ if (flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)
+ r->params.sq_thread_idle = 2000;
+ r->fd = syscall(__NR_io_uring_setup, 8, &r->params);
+ if (r->fd < 0)
+ return -1;
+ if (!(r->params.features & IORING_FEAT_SINGLE_MMAP))
+ return -1;
+
+ r->sq_len = r->params.sq_off.array + r->params.sq_entries * sizeof(unsigned int);
+ cq_len = r->params.cq_off.cqes + r->params.cq_entries * sizeof(struct io_uring_cqe);
+ if (cq_len > r->sq_len)
+ r->sq_len = cq_len;
+ r->sq = mmap(NULL, r->sq_len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED | MAP_POPULATE, r->fd, IORING_OFF_SQ_RING);
+ if (r->sq == MAP_FAILED)
+ return -1;
+ r->sqes_len = r->params.sq_entries * sizeof(struct io_uring_sqe);
+ r->sqes = mmap(NULL, r->sqes_len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED | MAP_POPULATE, r->fd, IORING_OFF_SQES);
+ if (r->sqes == MAP_FAILED)
+ return -1;
+
+ r->sq_tail = r->sq + r->params.sq_off.tail;
+ r->sq_mask = r->sq + r->params.sq_off.ring_mask;
+ r->sq_array = r->sq + r->params.sq_off.array;
+ r->cq_head = r->sq + r->params.cq_off.head;
+ r->cq_tail = r->sq + r->params.cq_off.tail;
+ r->cq_mask = r->sq + r->params.cq_off.ring_mask;
+ r->cqes = r->sq + r->params.cq_off.cqes;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Submit one sqe, wait for its completion and return the result. */
+static int uring_submit_wait(struct uring *r, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
+{
+ unsigned int tail = *r->sq_tail, idx = tail & *r->sq_mask;
+ unsigned int flags = IORING_ENTER_GETEVENTS;
+ int i;
+
+ r->sqes[idx] = *sqe;
+ r->sq_array[idx] = idx;
+ __atomic_store_n(r->sq_tail, tail + 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+ if (r->params.flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)
+ flags |= IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAKEUP;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+ if (syscall(__NR_io_uring_enter, r->fd, 1, 1, flags, NULL, 0) < 0 &&
+ errno != EINTR)
+ return -1;
+ if (__atomic_load_n(r->cq_tail, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != *r->cq_head) {
+ unsigned int head = *r->cq_head;
+ int res = r->cqes[head & *r->cq_mask].res;
+
+ __atomic_store_n(r->cq_head, head + 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+ return res;
+ }
+ flags &= ~IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAKEUP;
+ usleep(10 * 1000);
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static bool uring_available(unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct io_uring_params params = { .flags = flags };
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = syscall(__NR_io_uring_setup, 2, ¶ms);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return false;
+ close(fd);
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Keep a ring, an idle io-wq worker and with SQPOLL an SQPOLL thread
+ * alive. The last worker of a ring never exits on its idle timeout.
+ */
+static void worker_child(bool sqpoll, int fd_ipc)
+{
+ struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
+ struct io_uring_sqe sqe = {};
+ static char buf[64];
+ struct uring ring;
+ int memfd;
+
+ if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl))
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+ memfd = memfd_create("coredump_worker", 0);
+ if (memfd < 0 || write(memfd, "hello", 5) != 5)
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+ if (uring_setup(&ring, sqpoll ? IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL : 0))
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+ /* IOSQE_ASYNC forces the read through io-wq so a worker appears. */
+ sqe.opcode = IORING_OP_READ;
+ sqe.fd = memfd;
+ sqe.addr = (__u64)(uintptr_t)buf;
+ sqe.len = sizeof(buf);
+ sqe.flags = IOSQE_ASYNC;
+ if (uring_submit_wait(&ring, &sqe) != 5)
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+ if (write_nointr(fd_ipc, "1", 1) != 1)
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ close(fd_ipc);
+
+ for (;;)
+ pause();
+}
+
+/* Find the thread of @pid whose comm starts with @prefix. */
+static pid_t find_thread(pid_t pid, const char *prefix)
+{
+ char path[64], comm[64];
+ pid_t tid = -1;
+ struct dirent *de;
+ ssize_t bytes;
+ DIR *dir;
+ int fd;
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
+ dir = opendir(path);
+ if (!dir)
+ return -1;
+
+ while (tid < 0 && (de = readdir(dir))) {
+ if (!isdigit(de->d_name[0]))
+ continue;
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task/%s/comm", pid, de->d_name);
+ fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ continue;
+ bytes = read(fd, comm, sizeof(comm) - 1);
+ close(fd);
+ if (bytes <= 0)
+ continue;
+ comm[bytes] = '\0';
+ if (!strncmp(comm, prefix, strlen(prefix)))
+ tid = atoi(de->d_name);
+ }
+ closedir(dir);
+ return tid;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attach, stop the thread with SIGSTOP, drop the signal mask that
+ * copy_process() gave it and resume it with SIGSEGV instead.
+ */
+static bool inject_coredump_signal(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
+{
+ __u64 mask = 0;
+ int status;
+
+ if (ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, tid, NULL, NULL))
+ return false;
+ if (syscall(SYS_tgkill, pid, tid, SIGSTOP))
+ return false;
+ if (waitpid(tid, &status, __WALL) != tid)
+ return false;
+ if (!WIFSTOPPED(status) || WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGSTOP)
+ return false;
+ if (ptrace(PTRACE_SETSIGMASK, tid, sizeof(mask), &mask))
+ return false;
+ return !ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, tid, NULL, (void *)(long)SIGSEGV);
+}
+
+/* Reap @pid within @timeout_ms, -1 when it is still there. */
+static int wait_exit(pid_t pid, int *status, int timeout_ms)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < timeout_ms / 10; i++) {
+ pid_t ret = waitpid(pid, status, WNOHANG);
+
+ if (ret == pid)
+ return 0;
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -1;
+ usleep(10 * 1000);
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static void log_threads(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata, pid_t pid)
+{
+ char path[64], line[256], comm[64] = {};
+ struct dirent *de;
+ DIR *dir;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
+ dir = opendir(path);
+ if (!dir)
+ return;
+ while ((de = readdir(dir))) {
+ if (!isdigit(de->d_name[0]))
+ continue;
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task/%s/status", pid, de->d_name);
+ f = fopen(path, "r");
+ if (!f)
+ continue;
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+ line[strcspn(line, "\n")] = '\0';
+ if (!strncmp(line, "Name:", 5))
+ snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "%s", line + 6);
+ else if (!strncmp(line, "State:", 6))
+ TH_LOG("tid %s (%s) %s", de->d_name, comm, line + 7);
+ }
+ fclose(f);
+ }
+ closedir(dir);
+}
+
+enum dumper {
+ DUMPER_MAIN,
+ DUMPER_WORKER,
+ DUMPER_SQPOLL,
+};
+
+static void run_dumper(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata, bool sqpoll,
+ enum dumper dumper)
+{
+ bool killed = false;
+ char path[64], c;
+ int ipc[2], status, fd;
+ pid_t pid, tid;
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(set_core_pattern("/tmp/coredump.file.%p"));
+ ASSERT_EQ(pipe2(ipc, O_CLOEXEC), 0);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ close(ipc[0]);
+ worker_child(sqpoll, ipc[1]);
+ }
+ close(ipc[1]);
+ ASSERT_EQ(read_nointr(ipc[0], &c, 1), 1);
+ close(ipc[0]);
+
+ switch (dumper) {
+ case DUMPER_MAIN:
+ tid = pid;
+ break;
+ case DUMPER_WORKER:
+ tid = find_thread(pid, "iou-wrk-");
+ break;
+ case DUMPER_SQPOLL:
+ tid = find_thread(pid, "iou-sqp-");
+ break;
+ }
+ ASSERT_GT(tid, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(inject_coredump_signal(pid, tid));
+
+ if (wait_exit(pid, &status, EXIT_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
+ /* No dump. Whatever happened, SIGKILL must still work. */
+ log_threads(_metadata, pid);
+ kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+ killed = true;
+ ASSERT_EQ(wait_exit(pid, &status, EXIT_TIMEOUT_MS), 0) {
+ TH_LOG("thread group %d is stuck after SIGSEGV to tid %d",
+ pid, tid);
+ }
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSIGNALED(status));
+ if (killed) {
+ TH_LOG("tid %d did not dump, the group was killed instead", tid);
+ ASSERT_EQ(WTERMSIG(status), SIGKILL);
+ return;
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(WTERMSIG(status), SIGSEGV);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WCOREDUMP(status));
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/tmp/coredump.file.%d", pid);
+ fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ unlink(path);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_coredump_extent(fd));
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+/* The mechanics: an injected SIGSEGV into a normal thread dumps core. */
+TEST_F(coredump, main_thread_dumper)
+{
+ if (!uring_available(0))
+ SKIP(return, "io_uring is not available");
+ run_dumper(_metadata, false, DUMPER_MAIN);
+}
+
+TEST_F(coredump, plain_worker_dumper)
+{
+ if (!uring_available(0))
+ SKIP(return, "io_uring is not available");
+ run_dumper(_metadata, false, DUMPER_WORKER);
+}
+
+TEST_F(coredump, sqpoll_thread_dumper)
+{
+ if (!uring_available(IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL))
+ SKIP(return, "io_uring SQPOLL is not available");
+ run_dumper(_metadata, true, DUMPER_SQPOLL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The SQPOLL thread leaves its loop on the zap and waits for its io-wq
+ * workers to exit before it parks. The dumping worker never does.
+ */
+TEST_F(coredump, sqpoll_worker_dumper)
+{
+ if (!uring_available(IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL))
+ SKIP(return, "io_uring SQPOLL is not available");
+ run_dumper(_metadata, true, DUMPER_WORKER);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 13:44 [PATCH v3 00/17] coredump & signals: an impossible affair Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 01/17] coredump: hold RCU while releasing parked threads Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 02/17] signal: only SIGKILL and the freezers interrupt a coredumping task Christian Brauner
2026-09-22 12:55 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-22 14:33 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 03/17] coredump: parse a snapshot of core_pattern Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 04/17] io-wq: order the exit bit against worker creation task work Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 05/17] signal: don't retarget shared signals in a dying thread group Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 06/17] selftests/coredump: test shared signal retargeting during a dump Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 07/17] fork: release the files of a failed fork after sched_cancel_fork() Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 08/17] exit: hang up the tty before closing the files Christian Brauner
2026-09-24 12:10 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 09/17] ptrace: refuse to change the signal mask of a user worker Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 14:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 13:44 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 11/17] selftests/coredump: expect PTRACE_SETSIGMASK to be refused on " Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 12/17] exec: cancel io_uring requests before de_thread() Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 14:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-24 14:19 ` Jens Axboe
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 13/17] fork: move the coredump and exec checks into create_io_thread() Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 14:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 14/17] fork: don't create io threads once PF_POSTCOREDUMP is set Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 14:26 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 15/17] fork: use SIG_KERNEL_ONLY_MASK for the user worker signal mask Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 14:29 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 16/17] signal: enforce the user worker signal mask in __set_task_blocked() Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 16:16 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-21 20:05 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-21 13:45 ` [PATCH v3 17/17] fs: close files from the highest descriptor down Christian Brauner
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