[PATCH 1/8] io_uring: handle signals for IO threads like a normal thread

Jens Axboe
2021-03-26T00:41:49Z

We go through various hoops to disallow signals for the IO threads, but
there's really no reason why we cannot just allow them. The IO threads
never return to userspace like a normal thread, and hence don't go through
normal signal processing. Instead, just check for a pending signal as part
of the work loop, and call get_signal() to handle it for us if anything
is pending.

With that, we can support receiving signals, including special ones like
SIGSTOP.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
fs/io-wq.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
fs/io_uring.c | 10 ++++++++--
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index b7c1fa932cb3..2dbdc552f3ba 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -505,8 +505,14 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data)
ret = schedule_timeout(WORKER_IDLE_TIMEOUT);
if (try_to_freeze() || ret)
continue;
- if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
- break;
+ if (signal_pending(current)) {
+ struct ksignal ksig;
+
+ if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+ break;
+ get_signal(&ksig);
+ continue;
+ }
/* timed out, exit unless we're the fixed worker */
if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state) ||
!(worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_FIXED))
@@ -715,8 +721,15 @@ static int io_wq_manager(void *data)
io_wq_check_workers(wq);
schedule_timeout(HZ);
try_to_freeze();
- if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
- set_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state);
+ if (signal_pending(current)) {
+ struct ksignal ksig;
+
+ if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+ set_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state);
+ else
+ get_signal(&ksig);
+ continue;
+ }
} while (!test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state));

io_wq_check_workers(wq);
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 54ea561db4a5..3a9d021db328 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6765,8 +6765,14 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
timeout = jiffies + sqd->sq_thread_idle;
continue;
}
- if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
- break;
+ if (signal_pending(current)) {
+ struct ksignal ksig;
+
+ if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+ break;
+ get_signal(&ksig);
+ continue;
+ }
sqt_spin = false;
cap_entries = !list_is_singular(&sqd->ctx_list);
list_for_each_entry(ctx, &sqd->ctx_list, sqd_list) {
--
2.31.0