Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] exit: change the release_task() paths to call flush_sigqueue() lockless

[Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>]

Le Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 04:23:14PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov a écrit :
> A task can block a signal, accumulate up to RLIMIT_SIGPENDING sigqueues,
> and exit. In this case __exit_signal()->flush_sigqueue() called with irqs
> disabled can trigger a hard lockup, see
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20190322114917.GC28876@redhat.com/
> 
> Fortunately, after the recent posixtimer changes sys_timer_delete() paths
> no longer try to clear SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC and/or free tmr->sigq, and after
> the exiting task passes __exit_signal() lock_task_sighand() can't succeed
> and pid_task(tmr->it_pid) will return NULL.
> 
> This means that after __exit_signal(tsk) nobody can play with tsk->pending
> or (if group_dead) with tsk->signal->shared_pending, so release_task() can
> safely call flush_sigqueue() after write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock).
> 
> TODO:
> 	- we can probably shift posix_cpu_timers_exit() as well

Hmm, can't a timer be concurrently deleted between __exit_signal() set
tsk->sighand = NULL and release sighand lock, and the actual call to
posix_cpu_timer_exit() ? And then posix_cpu_timer_exit() calls timerqueue_del()
on a node that don't exist anymore?

That would even trigger the warning in posix_cpu_timer_del().

> 	- do_sigaction() can hit the similar problem
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>