From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <nyoushchenko@mvista.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86: signal: sys_rt_sigreturn() should use sigprocmask()
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:15:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110414201546.GC25828@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110412131757.78e436d5@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com>
On 04/12, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:22:29 +0200
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Normally sys_rt_sigreturn() restores the old current->blocked which was
> > changed by handle_signal(), and unblocking is always fine.
> >
> > But the debugger or application itself can change frame->uc_sigmask and
> > thus we need sigprocmask()->retarget_shared_pending().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@linux.intel.com>
Thanks Matt.
> I'm just curious, have you actually seen this bug?
No, never.
But recently Nikita reported the problem which _might_ be explained by
this. see http://marc.info/?t=129732355500007 . Although it is quite
possible there is something else.
Oleg.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-14 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-11 17:19 [RFC PATCH 0/6] signal: sigprocmask fixes Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-11 17:20 ` [PATCH 1/6] signal: introduce retarget_shared_pending() Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 11:39 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-11 17:20 ` [PATCH 2/6] signal: retarget_shared_pending: consider shared/unblocked signals only Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 11:40 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-12 19:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-11 17:21 ` [PATCH 3/6] signal: sigprocmask: narrow the scope of ->sigloc Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 11:38 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-11 17:21 ` [PATCH 4/6] signal: sigprocmask() should do retarget_shared_pending() Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 12:07 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-12 14:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-04-14 19:36 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 18:33 ` Tejun Heo
2011-04-14 20:10 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-14 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-04-11 17:22 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86: signal: handle_signal() should use sigprocmask() Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 12:15 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-11 17:22 ` [PATCH 6/6] x86: signal: sys_rt_sigreturn() " Oleg Nesterov
2011-04-12 12:17 ` Matt Fleming
2011-04-14 20:15 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
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