hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 22:59:14 +0000 (14:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 23:49:42 +0000 (15:49 -0800)
commit6027ce497d44dd8eae1a9215789df178f6b422cc
tree5844f0d3899a7a3214cb1145b3d9a8f9660dd7c7
parent6e27f63edbd7ab893258e16500171dd1270a1369
hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic

check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks()->rcu_lock_break() introduced by
"softlockup: check all tasks in hung_task" commit ce9dbe24 looks
absolutely wrong.

- rcu_lock_break() does put_task_struct(). If the task has exited
  it is not safe to even read its ->state, nothing protects this
  task_struct.

- The TASK_DEAD checks are wrong too. Contrary to the comment, we
  can't use it to check if the task was unhashed. It can be unhashed
  without TASK_DEAD, or it can be valid with TASK_DEAD.

  For example, an autoreaping task can do release_task(current)
  long before it sets TASK_DEAD in do_exit().

  Or, a zombie task can have ->state == TASK_DEAD but release_task()
  was not called, and in this case we must not break the loop.

Change this code to check pid_alive() instead, and do this before we drop
the reference to the task_struct.

Note: while_each_thread() under rcu_read_lock() is not really safe, it can
livelock.  This will be fixed later, but fortunately in this case the
"max_count" logic saves us anyway.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/hung_task.c