Re: 'khelper' (child) is stuck in endless loop: do_signal() and !user_mode(regs)

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 03/08, Dmitry ADAMUSHKA (EXT) wrote:
>
> The following quick hack "fixes" it for x86.

First of all let me repeat, I do not understand this asm ;)
Fortunately Ingo and Peter do.

But,

> --- arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S.orig     2012-03-08 15:42:25.041296595 +0100
> +++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S  2012-03-08 15:58:29.926081131 +0100
> @@ -98,12 +98,6 @@
>  #endif
>  .endm
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_VM86
> -#define resume_userspace_sig   check_userspace
> -#else
> -#define resume_userspace_sig   resume_userspace
> -#endif
> -
>  /*
>   * User gs save/restore
>   *
> @@ -327,10 +321,19 @@ ret_from_exception:
>         preempt_stop(CLBR_ANY)
>  ret_from_intr:
>         GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebp)
> -check_userspace:
> +resume_userspace_sig:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VM86
>         movl PT_EFLAGS(%esp), %eax      # mix EFLAGS and CS
>         movb PT_CS(%esp), %al
>         andl $(X86_EFLAGS_VM | SEGMENT_RPL_MASK), %eax
> +#else
> +/*
> + * We can be coming here from a syscall done in the kernel space,
> + * e.g. a failed kernel_execve().
> + */
> +       movl PT_CS(%esp), %eax
> +       andl $SEGMENT_RPL_MASK, %eax
> +#endif
>         cmpl $USER_RPL, %eax
>         jb resume_kernel                # not returning to v8086 or userspace

IIUC (I can be easily wrong) this breaks the endless loop, but
only after do_notify_resume() was already called.

_perhaps_ it would be better to avoid do_notify_resume() in this
case altogether. Say, fire_user_return_notifiers() doesn't look
right in this case, we are not going to return to the usermode.

Not that I think this is really wrong though.

Oleg.