Re: [PATCH v4 12/12] sched,signal,ptrace: Rework TASK_TRACED, TASK_STOPPED state

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jul 06 2022 - 06:12:48 EST


On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 11:27:05AM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 09:58:55AM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> >
> >> >> [ 86.218551] kill_chi-343805 6d.... 79990141us : ptrace_stop: JOBCTL_TRACED already set, state=0 <------ valid combination of flags?
> >> >
> >> > Yeah, that's not supposed to be so. JOBCTL_TRACED is supposed to follow
> >> > __TASK_TRACED for now. Set when __TASK_TRACED, cleared when
> >> > TASK_RUNNING.
> >> >
> >> > Specifically {ptrace_,}signal_wake_up() in signal.h clear JOBCTL_TRACED
> >> > when they would wake a __TASK_TRACED task.
> >>
> >> try_to_wake_up() clears TASK_TRACED in this case because a signal
> >> (SIGKILL) has to be delivered. As a test I put the following change
> >> on top, and it "fixes" the problem:
> >>
> >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> >> index da0bf6fe9ecd..f2e0f5e70e77 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> >> @@ -4141,6 +4149,9 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
> >> * TASK_WAKING such that we can unlock p->pi_lock before doing the
> >> * enqueue, such as ttwu_queue_wakelist().
> >> */
> >> + if (p->__state & TASK_TRACED)
> >> + trace_printk("clearing TASK_TRACED 2\n");
> >> + p->jobctl &= ~JOBCTL_TRACED;
> >> WRITE_ONCE(p->__state, TASK_WAKING);
> >>
> >> /*
> >>
> >> There are several places where the state is changed from TASK_TRACED to
> >> something else without clearing JOBCTL_TRACED.
> >
> > I'm having difficulty spotting them; I find:
> >
> > TASK_WAKEKILL: signal_wake_up()
> > __TASK_TRACED: ptrace_signal_wake_up(), ptrace_unfreeze_traced(), ptrace_resume()
> >
> > And all those sites dutifully clear JOBCTL_TRACED.
> >
> > I'd be most interested in the calstack for the 'clearing TASK_TRACED 2'
> > events to see where we miss a spot.
>
> The calltrace is:
> [ 9.863613] Call Trace:
> [ 9.863616] [<00000000d3105f0e>] try_to_wake_up+0xae/0x620
> [ 9.863620] ([<00000000d3106164>] try_to_wake_up+0x304/0x620)
> [ 9.863623] [<00000000d30d1e46>] ptrace_unfreeze_traced+0x9e/0xa8
> [ 9.863629] [<00000000d30d2ef0>] __s390x_sys_ptrace+0xc0/0x160
> [ 9.863633] [<00000000d3c5d8f4>] __do_syscall+0x1d4/0x200
> [ 9.863678] [<00000000d3c6c332>] system_call+0x82/0xb0
> [ 9.863685] Last Breaking-Event-Address:
> [ 9.863686] [<00000000d3106176>] try_to_wake_up+0x316/0x620
> [ 9.863688] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>
> ptrace_unfreeze_traced() is:
>
> static void ptrace_unfreeze_traced(struct task_struct *task)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
>
> /*
> * The child may be awake and may have cleared
> * JOBCTL_PTRACE_FROZEN (see ptrace_resume). The child will
> * not set JOBCTL_PTRACE_FROZEN or enter __TASK_TRACED anew.
> */
> if (lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
> task->jobctl &= ~JOBCTL_PTRACE_FROZEN;
> if (__fatal_signal_pending(task)) {
> task->jobctl &= ~TASK_TRACED;
>
> Looking at this, shouldn't the line above read task->jobctl &= ~JOBCTL_TRACED?

YES! Absolutely.

> wake_up_state(task, __TASK_TRACED);
> }
> unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
> }
> }