[PATCH 1/2] fix kill_proc_info() vs CLONE_THREAD race

[Oleg Nesterov]

There is a window after copy_process() unlocks ->sighand.siglock
and before it adds the new thread to the thread list.

In that window __group_complete_signal(SIGKILL) will not see the
new thread yet, so this thread will start running while the whole
thread group was supposed to exit.

I beleive we have another good reason to place attach_pid(PID/TGID)
under ->sighand.siglock. We can do the same for

	release_task()->__unhash_process()

	de_thread()->switch_exec_pids()

After that we don't need tasklist_lock to iterate over the thread
list, and we can simplify things, see for example do_sigaction()
or sys_times().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.16-rc3/kernel/fork.c~1_KILL	2006-02-15 22:52:07.000000000 +0300
+++ 2.6.16-rc3/kernel/fork.c	2006-02-15 23:21:51.000000000 +0300
@@ -1123,8 +1123,8 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned lon
 		p->real_parent = current;
 	p->parent = p->real_parent;
 
+	spin_lock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
-		spin_lock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 		/*
 		 * Important: if an exit-all has been started then
 		 * do not create this new thread - the whole thread
@@ -1162,8 +1162,6 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned lon
 			 */
 			p->it_prof_expires = jiffies_to_cputime(1);
 		}
-
-		spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1189,6 +1187,7 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned lon
 
 	nr_threads++;
 	total_forks++;
+	spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	return p;
-
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