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From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,  Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Kusaram Devineni <kusaram@devineni.in>,
	 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
	 Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] coredump: In zap_threads complete startup if there is no need to wait
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:57:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pl1d8ck7.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o6gx9rc4.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> (Eric W. Biederman's message of "Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:52:43 -0500")


Remove the need to test the value of core_waiters in coredump_wait by
completing core_state->startup when there is an error or there are no
other tasks to wait for.

This slightly simplifies the logic and prepares for moving zap_threads
out of coredump_wait.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
---
 fs/coredump.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 14ec61c8d982..0aa235429cfa 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk,
 		tsk->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
 		atomic_set(&core_state->nr_threads, nr);
 	}
+	if (nr <= 0)
+		complete(&core_state->startup);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 	return nr;
 }
@@ -547,28 +549,26 @@ void coredump_join(struct core_state *core_state)
 static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	int core_waiters = -EBUSY;
+	struct core_thread *ptr;
+	int core_waiters;
 
 	init_completion(&core_state->startup);
 	core_state->dumper.task = tsk;
 	core_state->dumper.next = NULL;
 
 	core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, core_state, exit_code);
-	if (core_waiters > 0) {
-		struct core_thread *ptr;
 
-		wait_for_completion_state(&core_state->startup,
-					  TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE|TASK_FREEZABLE);
-		/*
-		 * Wait for all the threads to become inactive, so that
-		 * all the thread context (extended register state, like
-		 * fpu etc) gets copied to the memory.
-		 */
-		ptr = core_state->dumper.next;
-		while (ptr != NULL) {
-			wait_task_inactive(ptr->task, TASK_ANY);
-			ptr = ptr->next;
-		}
+	wait_for_completion_state(&core_state->startup,
+				  TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE|TASK_FREEZABLE);
+	/*
+	 * Wait for all the threads to become inactive, so that
+	 * all the thread context (extended register state, like
+	 * fpu etc) gets copied to the memory.
+	 */
+	ptr = core_state->dumper.next;
+	while (ptr != NULL) {
+		wait_task_inactive(ptr->task, TASK_ANY);
+		ptr = ptr->next;
 	}
 
 	return core_waiters;
-- 
2.41.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-26 16:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-19 13:27 [PATCH v2 1/3] signal: change force_sig_info_to_task() to call __send_signal_locked() Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-19 13:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] signal: turn the "bool force" arg of __send_signal_locked() into "int flags" Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-19 13:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] signal: fix evasion of SA_IMMUTABLE signals Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-26 16:52 ` [PATCH 0/11] Short circuit delivery for coredump signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:54   ` [PATCH 01/11] signal: Compute the exit_code in get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:54   ` [PATCH 02/11] signal: In get_signal call do_exit when it is unnecessary to shoot down threads Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:55   ` [PATCH 03/11] signal: Bring down all threads when handling a non-coredump fatal signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:55   ` [PATCH 04/11] signal: Move stopping for the coredump from do_exit into get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:56   ` [PATCH 05/11] signal: Move audit_core_dumps from do_coredump " Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:57   ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2026-06-26 16:57   ` [PATCH 07/11] signal: Use the thread killing in get_signal for coredumps Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:58   ` [PATCH 08/11] exit: Make do_group_exit static Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:59   ` [PATCH 09/11] signal: Dequeue fatal signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:59   ` [PATCH 10/11] signal: Short circuit deliver coredump signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 17:00   ` [PATCH 11/11] signal: Remove SA_IMMUTABLE Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-28 14:29   ` [PATCH 0/11] Short circuit delivery for coredump signals Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-29  6:22     ` Eric W. Biederman

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