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authorBodo Stroesser <bstroesser@fujitsu-siemens.com>2005-05-06 21:30:54 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-06 22:09:30 -0700
commit0f7e663dea7f0e22f3b2d07156c5e9d2e8656610 (patch)
tree669450b10e1677d3ea65aa7695a7834f791ce329 /arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c
parentb8bd0220c1ac6273eda66e25d992654219f846b6 (diff)
[PATCH] uml: Fix process exit race
tt-mode closes switch_pipes in exit_thread_tt and kills processes in switch_to_tt, if the exit_state is EXIT_DEAD or EXIT_ZOMBIE. In very rare cases the exiting process can be scheduled out after having set exit_state and closed switch_pipes (from release_task it calls proc_pid_flush, which might sleep). If this process is to be restarted, UML failes in switch_to_tt with: write of switch_pipe failed, err = 9 We fix this by closing switch_pipes not in exit_thread_tt, but later in release_thread_tt. Additionally, we set switch_pipe[0] = 0 after closing. switch_to_tt must not kill "from" process depending on its exit_state, but must kill it after release_thread was processed only, so it examines switch_pipe[0] for its decision. Signed-off-by: Bodo Stroesser <bstroesser@fujitsu-siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c1
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c b/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c
index 3dcb080c44a..c1adf7ba3fd 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *task)
void exit_thread(void)
{
- CHOOSE_MODE(exit_thread_tt(), exit_thread_skas());
unprotect_stack((unsigned long) current_thread);
}