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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, roland@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu,
	rnalumasu@gmail.com
Subject: do_wait() vs do_notify_parent_cldstop() theoretical race?
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:55:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081123215511.GB9097@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081123213929.GA9097@redhat.com>

Looking at do_wait(), suddenly I am starting to suspect we have the
highly theoretical race with do_notify_parent_cldstop().

	do_wait:

		add_wait_queue(...);

		current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;

		read_lock(tasklist_lock);

		... try to find the "interesting" task ...

		read_unlock(tasklist_lock);

		if (!retval)	// not found
			schedule();

We don't race with do_notify_parent() because it takes tasklist
for writing. But do_notify_parent_cldstop() can run in parallel
under read_lock(tasklist).

Now suppose that "->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE" leaks deeply into
the critical section. In theory, it is possible that wait_consider_task()
checks task_is_stopped_or_traced() or SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED first, then
CPU sets state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. And we can miss the event if
do_notify_parent_cldstop() happens in between.

No?

Oleg.


  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-23 20:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200811212015.mALKFMs4019558@imap1.linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-23 21:39 ` + do_wait-wakeup-optimization.patch added to -mm tree Oleg Nesterov
2008-11-23 21:55   ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2008-11-24  7:31     ` do_wait() vs do_notify_parent_cldstop() theoretical race? Roland McGrath
2008-12-04  1:05     ` Roland McGrath
2008-11-24  7:26   ` + do_wait-wakeup-optimization.patch added to -mm tree Roland McGrath
2008-12-04 15:26     ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-04 20:59       ` Roland McGrath
2008-12-04  1:06   ` Roland McGrath

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