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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/ptrace.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index ceffc67b564a..671ed56e0a49 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -771,9 +771,12 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struct task_struct *father) struct task_struct *p, *n, *reaper; LIST_HEAD(dead_children); - exit_ptrace(father); - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + /* + * Note that exit_ptrace() and find_new_reaper() might + * drop tasklist_lock and reacquire it. + */ + exit_ptrace(father); reaper = find_new_reaper(father); list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &father->children, sibling) { diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index 74a3d693c196..f34d798ef4a2 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -324,26 +324,32 @@ int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data) } /* - * Detach all tasks we were using ptrace on. + * Detach all tasks we were using ptrace on. Called with tasklist held + * for writing, and returns with it held too. But note it can release + * and reacquire the lock. */ void exit_ptrace(struct task_struct *tracer) { struct task_struct *p, *n; LIST_HEAD(ptrace_dead); - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + if (likely(list_empty(&tracer->ptraced))) + return; + list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &tracer->ptraced, ptrace_entry) { if (__ptrace_detach(tracer, p)) list_add(&p->ptrace_entry, &ptrace_dead); } - write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); BUG_ON(!list_empty(&tracer->ptraced)); list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &ptrace_dead, ptrace_entry) { list_del_init(&p->ptrace_entry); release_task(p); } + + write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); } int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __user *dst, int len) |