FAILED: patch "[PATCH] pid_namespace: prevent TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL from interrupting" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] pid_namespace: prevent TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL from interrupting" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 5c0985dd3c32fc2bbd0e8beaf13cf52cd97376a2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026102855-gigantic-return-478a@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 5c0985dd3c32fc2bbd0e8beaf13cf52cd97376a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:08:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pid_namespace: prevent TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL from interrupting
 the reaper

Since commit 7fea700e04bd ("zap_pid_ns_processes: clear
TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL along with TIF_SIGPENDING") zap_pid_ns_processes()
clears TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL before every kernel_wait4() call. Otherwise
kernel_wait4() doesn't sleep and returns -ERESTARTSYS if
signal_pending() is true and the reaper busy-waits.

But clearing TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL doesn't fix it. It can get raised again.
For example, klp_send_signals() sets it raw against any task that hasn't
transitioned yet. And it keeps sending it until the livepatch finishes.

The sleep loop waiting for pid_allocated to drop has the same problem
and it doesn't even clear anything. So a schedule() in
TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE returns immediately.

Use a no_notify_signal guard. signal_pending() will ignore
TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL and the pid namespace reaper sleeps until a child
exits or free_pid() wakes it.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260824-work-tif_notify_signal-v2-5-6609e42b3157@kernel.org
Fixes: 7fea700e04bd ("zap_pid_ns_processes: clear TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL along with TIF_SIGPENDING")
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index d36afc58ee1d..8bc9edb40b78 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -238,9 +238,10 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
 	 * kernel_wait4() will also block until our children traced from the
 	 * parent namespace are detached and become EXIT_DEAD.
 	 */
+	/* Task work must not busy-loop the reaper, see signal_pending(). */
+	guard(no_notify_signal)();
 	do {
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL);
 		rc = kernel_wait4(-1, NULL, __WALL, NULL);
 	} while (rc != -ECHILD);