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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: syzbot <syzbot+3c2e3cc60665d71de2f7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>,
	anna-maria@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	peterz@infradead.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal/posixtimers: Handle ignore/blocked sequences correctly
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:14:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cyhm7azk.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z2Vr1_85NucYkBaP@pavilion.home>

On Fri, Dec 20 2024 at 14:06, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Le Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 08:46:25PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :
>>  		if (!list_empty(&q->list)) {
>>  			/*
>> -			 * If task group is exiting with the signal already pending,
>> -			 * wait for __exit_signal() to do its job. Otherwise if
>> -			 * ignored, it's not supposed to be queued. Try to survive.
>> +			 * The signal was ignored and blocked. The timer
>> +			 * expiry queued it because blocked signals are
>> +			 * queued independent of the ignored state.
>> +			 *
>> +			 * The unblocking set SIGPENDING, but the signal
>> +			 * was not yet dequeued from the pending list,
>> +			 * which would have put it back on the ignore list.
>
> I must be missing something. I don't see dequeue_signal() checking if a signal
> is ignored upon delivery.


Sorry, I meant get_signal() which is what the actual signal delivery
path on exit to user space invokes. dequeue itself does not care.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-20 13:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-17 17:14 [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in posixtimer_send_sigqueue (2) syzbot
2024-12-19 19:46 ` [PATCH] signal/posixtimers: Handle ignore/blocked sequences correctly Thomas Gleixner
2024-12-20 13:06   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-20 13:14     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2024-12-20 13:23       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2024-12-20 14:59         ` Thomas Gleixner
2025-01-14 17:28           ` [PATCH V2] " Thomas Gleixner
2025-01-15  0:49             ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-01-15 17:19             ` [tip: timers/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

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