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-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c16
-rw-r--r--kernel/freezer.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c20
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 54cc905e5fe0..426cd0c51f9e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1948,8 +1948,14 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
p = dup_task_struct(current, node);
if (!p)
goto fork_out;
- if (args->io_thread)
+ if (args->io_thread) {
+ /*
+ * Mark us an IO worker, and block any signal that isn't
+ * fatal or STOP
+ */
p->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER;
+ siginitsetinv(&p->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGSTOP));
+ }
/*
* This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump
@@ -2438,14 +2444,8 @@ struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node)
.stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
.io_thread = 1,
};
- struct task_struct *tsk;
- tsk = copy_process(NULL, 0, node, &args);
- if (!IS_ERR(tsk)) {
- sigfillset(&tsk->blocked);
- sigdelsetmask(&tsk->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL));
- }
- return tsk;
+ return copy_process(NULL, 0, node, &args);
}
/*
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index 1a2d57d1327c..dc520f01f99d 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p)
return false;
}
- if (!(p->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)))
+ if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
fake_signal_wake_up(p);
else
wake_up_state(p, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 821cf1723814..61db50f7ca86 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
audit_ptrace(task);
retval = -EPERM;
- if (unlikely(task->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)))
+ if (unlikely(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
goto out;
if (same_thread_group(task, current))
goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index f2a1b898da29..f2718350bf4b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static bool sig_task_ignored(struct task_struct *t, int sig, bool force)
return true;
/* Only allow kernel generated signals to this kthread */
- if (unlikely((t->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) &&
+ if (unlikely((t->flags & PF_KTHREAD) &&
(handler == SIG_KTHREAD_KERNEL) && !force))
return true;
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ bool task_set_jobctl_pending(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long mask)
JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK | JOBCTL_TRAPPING));
BUG_ON((mask & JOBCTL_TRAPPING) && !(mask & JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK));
- if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) ||
- (task->flags & (PF_EXITING | PF_IO_WORKER))))
+ if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) || (task->flags & PF_EXITING)))
return false;
if (mask & JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK)
@@ -834,9 +833,6 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
if (!valid_signal(sig))
return -EINVAL;
- /* PF_IO_WORKER threads don't take any signals */
- if (t->flags & PF_IO_WORKER)
- return -ESRCH;
if (!si_fromuser(info))
return 0;
@@ -1100,7 +1096,7 @@ static int __send_signal(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struc
/*
* Skip useless siginfo allocation for SIGKILL and kernel threads.
*/
- if ((sig == SIGKILL) || (t->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)))
+ if ((sig == SIGKILL) || (t->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
goto out_set;
/*
@@ -2772,13 +2768,21 @@ relock:
}
/*
+ * PF_IO_WORKER threads will catch and exit on fatal signals
+ * themselves. They have cleanup that must be performed, so
+ * we cannot call do_exit() on their behalf.
+ */
+ if (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER)
+ goto out;
+
+ /*
* Death signals, no core dump.
*/
do_group_exit(ksig->info.si_signo);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
spin_unlock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-
+out:
ksig->sig = signr;
if (!(ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS))