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Re: [PATCH 06/26] rlimit: Remove unnecessary grab of tasklist_lock

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Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> writes:

> Hi Eric,
>
> I'll try very much to read this series tomorrow, can't do this today...
>
> On 06/06, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>
>> @@ -1380,13 +1380,6 @@ int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
>>  			return -EPERM;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	/* protect tsk->signal and tsk->sighand from disappearing */
>> -	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
>> -	if (!tsk->sighand) {
>> -		retval = -ESRCH;
>> -		goto out;
>> -	}
>
> Yes, the comment is wrong.
>
> However we do need read_lock(tasklist_lock) to access ->group_leader. And the
> ->sighand != NULL check ensures that ->group_leader is the valid
> pointer.

As of 4.12-rc1 The code does not access group_leader anymore.

> Also, update_rlimit_cpu() is not safe without tasklist / sighand-check.
>
> We can probably change this code to rely on rcu.

Good point a NULL sighand will cause update_rlimit_cpu to OOPS.

Grr.  There is a point in my tree where this is perfectly safe.  But not
at this point.  Consider this patch dropped for the moment.

Eric

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[PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-06-06 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 01/26] alpha: Remove unused TASK_GROUP_LEADER "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 12/26] wait: Directly test for the two cases where wait_task_zombie is called "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 15/26] wait: Don't delay !ptrace_reparented leaders "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 13/26] wait: Remove unused delay_group_leader "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 17/26] exit: Rework the exit states for ptracees "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 20/26] wait: Don't pass the list to wait_consider_task "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 26/26] pidns: Ensure zap_pid_ns_processes always terminates "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 19/26] wait: Simpler code for clearing notask_error in wait_consider_task "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 24/26] signal: In ptrace_stop improve identical signal detection "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 09/26] signal: Don't allow sending SIGKILL or SIGSTOP to init "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 03/26] signal: Do not perform permission checks when sending pdeath_signal "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 03/26] signal: Do not perform permission checks when  sending pdeath_signal Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-06 22:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 03/26] signal: Do not perform permission checks when sending pdeath_signal ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-06-07 13:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 03/26] signal: Do not perform permission checks when  sending pdeath_signal Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 23:50 +0200
    [PATCH 07/26] pidns: Improve the error handling in alloc_pid "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 22/26] exit: Fix auto-wait of ptraced children "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 02/26] cgroup: Don't open code tasklist_empty() "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 04/26] signal: Make group_send_sig_info static "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 23/26] signal:  Fix SIGCONT before group stop completes. "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 18/26] wait: Fix WSTOPPED on a ptraced child "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 10/26] ptrace: Simplify ptrace_detach & exit_ptrace "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 21/26] wait: Optmize waitpid "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 14/26] wait: Move changing of ptrace from wait_consider_task into wait_task_stopped "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 08/26] exit: Make the runqueue rcu safe "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 08/26] exit: Make the runqueue rcu safe Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-06-07 15:20 +0200
    [PATCH 06/26] rlimit: Remove unnecessary grab of tasklist_lock "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 06/26] rlimit: Remove unnecessary grab of tasklist_lock Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-06-07 14:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 06/26] rlimit: Remove unnecessary grab of tasklist_lock ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-06-07 16:20 +0200
    [PATCH 16/26] exit: Fix reporting a ptraced !reparented leader has exited "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 11/26] wait: Properly implement __WCLONE handling in the presence of exec and ptrace "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 05/26] exit:  Remove the pointless clearing of SIGPENDING in __exit_signal "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:20 +0200
    [PATCH 25/26] signal: In ptrace_stop use CLD_TRAPPED in all ptrace signals "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> - 2017-06-06 21:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.de> - 2017-06-06 21:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-06-07 13:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.de> - 2017-06-07 14:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-06 22:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/26] Fixing wait, exit, ptrace, exec, and CLONE_THREAD ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2017-06-07 18:10 +0200

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