Re: [PATCH V2] exit: trigger panic when global init has exited

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Fri Mar 12 2021 - 11:24:30 EST


On 03/12, Qianli Zhao wrote:
>
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -767,6 +767,17 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
> validate_creds_for_do_exit(tsk);
>
> /*
> + * If global init has exited,
> + * panic immediately to get a useable coredump.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(is_global_init(tsk) &&
> + (thread_group_empty(tsk) ||
> + (tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)))) {
> + panic("Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x%08x\n",
> + tsk->signal->group_exit_code ?: (int)code);

See our discussion with Eric, this is not right.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210310173236.GB8973@xxxxxxxxxx/

Oleg.