[PATCH 3/7] proc: Use task_is_running() for wchan in /proc/$pid/stat

Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-08T11:17:43Z

From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

The implementations of get_wchan() can be expensive. The only information
imparted here is whether or not a process is currently blocked in the
scheduler (and even this doesn't need to be exact). Avoid doing the
heavy lifting of stack walking and just report that information by using
task_is_running().

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
fs/proc/array.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file
}

if (permitted && (!whole || num_threads < 2))
- wchan = get_wchan(task);
+ wchan = !task_is_running(task);
if (!whole) {
min_flt = task->min_flt;
maj_flt = task->maj_flt;
@@ -606,10 +606,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file
*
* This works with older implementations of procps as well.
*/
- if (wchan)
- seq_puts(m, " 1");
- else
- seq_puts(m, " 0");
+ seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", wchan);

seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", 0);
seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", 0);