linux-stable/arch/um
Bodo Stroesser 0f7e663dea [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>
2005-05-06 22:09:30 -07:00
..
drivers [PATCH] uml: inclusion cleanup 2005-05-05 16:36:37 -07:00
include [PATCH] uml: command line handling cleanup 2005-05-06 22:09:29 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] uml: Fix process exit race 2005-05-06 22:09:30 -07:00
os-Linux [PATCH] uml: s390 preparation, sighandler interface abstraction 2005-05-05 16:36:38 -07:00
scripts [PATCH] uml: tidy Makefile.rules 2005-05-05 16:36:36 -07:00
sys-i386 [PATCH] uml: S390 preparation, peekusr/pokeusr defined by subarch 2005-05-06 22:09:29 -07:00
sys-ia64 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sys-ppc [PATCH] uml: S390 preparation, peekusr/pokeusr defined by subarch 2005-05-06 22:09:29 -07:00
sys-x86_64 [PATCH] uml: S390 preparation, peekusr/pokeusr defined by subarch 2005-05-06 22:09:29 -07:00
util [PATCH] uml: cross-build support : mk_task and mk_constants 2005-05-05 16:36:35 -07:00
config.release Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] uml: support AES i586 crypto driver 2005-05-01 08:58:54 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] uml: support AES i586 crypto driver 2005-05-01 08:58:54 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig_char Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig_i386 [PATCH] uml: support AES i586 crypto driver 2005-05-01 08:58:54 -07:00
Kconfig_net Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig_scsi Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig_x86_64 [PATCH] uml: support AES i586 crypto driver 2005-05-01 08:58:54 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] uml: remove a dangling symlink 2005-05-05 16:36:38 -07:00
Makefile-i386 [PATCH] uml: cross-build support : mk_thread 2005-05-05 16:36:35 -07:00
Makefile-ia64 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile-os-Linux Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile-ppc Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile-skas Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile-tt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile-x86_64 [PATCH] uml: cross-build support : mk_thread 2005-05-05 16:36:35 -07:00