[PATCH v2] de_thread: Move notify_count write under lock

[Kirill Tkhai]

We set sig->notify_count = -1 between RELEASE and
ACQUIRE operations:

	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
	...
	if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
		...
                for (;;) {
			sig->notify_count = -1;
                        write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);

So, there are no restriction on it, other processors
may see this STORE mixed with other STOREs in the both
areas limited by the spinlocks.

Probably, it may be reordered with the above

	sig->group_exit_task = tsk;
	sig->notify_count = zap_other_threads(tsk);

in some way.

Set it under tasklist_lock locked to be sure nothing
will be reordered.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/exec.c |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index c7f9b73..314e8d8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -926,10 +926,14 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
 		struct task_struct *leader = tsk->group_leader;
 
-		sig->notify_count = -1;	/* for exit_notify() */
 		for (;;) {
 			threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
 			write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+			/*
+			 * Do this under tasklist_lock to ensure that
+			 * exit_notify() can't miss ->group_exit_task
+			 */
+			sig->notify_count = -1;
 			if (likely(leader->exit_state))
 				break;
 			__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);



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