Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/3] Freezer: Prevent ___call_usermodehelper from missing freezing requests

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>]

On 02/26, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> NOTE: Alternatively, we can just drop flush_signals() from there, but I'm not
> sure that's the right thing to do.

We should drop it, I believe. I forgot to send a patch.

Oleg.

> ---
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> 
> Since ____call_usermodehelper() calls flush_signals(current), the task that
> enters it may miss a freezing request.  However, if ____call_usermodehelper()
> clears TIF_FREEZE for the current task after flush_signals(current) returns, the
> freezer will generate one more freezing request for this task.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> ---
>  kernel/kmod.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.20-mm2/kernel/kmod.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.20-mm2.orig/kernel/kmod.c	2007-02-25 12:07:15.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.20-mm2/kernel/kmod.c	2007-02-25 12:49:16.000000000 +0100
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/resource.h>
> +#include <linux/freezer.h>
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>  
>  extern int delete_module(const char *name, unsigned int flags);
> @@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void 
>  	new_session = key_get(sub_info->ring);
>  	flush_signals(current);
>  	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> +	do_not_freeze(current);
>  	old_session = __install_session_keyring(current, new_session);
>  	flush_signal_handlers(current, 1);
>  	sigemptyset(&current->blocked);