Re: [PATCH 1/3] bpf: task_group_seq_get_next: use __next_thread() rather than next_thread()

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 11/15, Yonghong Song wrote:
>
> On 11/14/23 11:32 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >@@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ static struct task_struct *task_group_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_comm
> >  		return NULL;
> >  retry:
> >-	task = next_thread(task);
> >+	task = __next_thread(task);
> >+	if (!task)
> >+		return NULL;
> >  	next_tid = __task_pid_nr_ns(task, PIDTYPE_PID, common->ns);
> >-	if (!next_tid || next_tid == common->pid) {
> >-		/* Run out of tasks of a process.  The tasks of a
> >-		 * thread_group are linked as circular linked list.
> >-		 */
> >-		return NULL;
> >-	}
> >+	if (!next_tid)
> >+		goto retry;
>
> Look at the code. Looks like next_tid should never be 0

...

> pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
>                         struct pid_namespace *ns)
> {
>         pid_t nr = 0;
>
>         rcu_read_lock();
>         if (!ns)
>                 ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
>         nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please note that task_pid_ptr(task, type)) can return NULL if this
task has already exited and called detach_pid().

detach_pid() does __change_pid(task, type, NULL), please note the

	*pid_ptr = new; // NULL in this case

assignment in __change_pid().

IOW. The problem is not that ns can change, the problem is that
task->thread_pid (and other pid links) can be NULL, and in this
case pid_nr_ns() returns zero.


This code should be rewritten from the very beginning, it should
not rely on pid_nr. If nothing else common->pid and/or pid_visiting
can be reused. But currently my only concern is next_thread().

> Other than above, the change looks good to me.

Thanks for review!

Oleg.