exec: do not abuse ->cred_guard_mutex in threadgroup_lock()

commit e56fb2874015370e3b7f8d85051f6dce26051df9 upstream.

threadgroup_lock() takes signal->cred_guard_mutex to ensure that
thread_group_leader() is stable.  This doesn't look nice, the scope of
this lock in do_execve() is huge.

And as Dave pointed out this can lead to deadlock, we have the
following dependencies:

	do_execve:		cred_guard_mutex -> i_mutex
	cgroup_mount:		i_mutex -> cgroup_mutex
	attach_task_by_pid:	cgroup_mutex -> cred_guard_mutex

Change de_thread() to take threadgroup_change_begin() around the
switch-the-leader code and change threadgroup_lock() to avoid
->cred_guard_mutex.

Note that de_thread() can't sleep with ->group_rwsem held, this can
obviously deadlock with the exiting leader if the writer is active, so it
does threadgroup_change_end() before schedule().

Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 547eaaaeb89c58456303ee11a1eb8c25cb52dcb6..ac014f1009aaf90475f4deaa116aa46073db61b3 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -898,11 +898,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
                sig->notify_count = -1; /* for exit_notify() */
                for (;;) {
+                       threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
                        write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
                        if (likely(leader->exit_state))
                                break;
                        __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
                        write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+                       threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
                        schedule();
                        if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk)))
                                goto killed;
@@ -960,6 +962,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
                if (unlikely(leader->ptrace))
                        __wake_up_parent(leader, leader->parent);
                write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+               threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 
                release_task(leader);
        }

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 7e492701142e6cb15af7ae35d2b254d8aa64f6e6..f5ad26ec741b7777325d7e096ac2bbeb61a30b0d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2486,27 +2486,18 @@ static inline void threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
  *
  * Lock the threadgroup @tsk belongs to.  No new task is allowed to enter
  * and member tasks aren't allowed to exit (as indicated by PF_EXITING) or
- * perform exec.  This is useful for cases where the threadgroup needs to
- * stay stable across blockable operations.
+ * change ->group_leader/pid.  This is useful for cases where the threadgroup
+ * needs to stay stable across blockable operations.
  *
  * fork and exit paths explicitly call threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() for
  * synchronization.  While held, no new task will be added to threadgroup
  * and no existing live task will have its PF_EXITING set.
  *
- * During exec, a task goes and puts its thread group through unusual
- * changes.  After de-threading, exclusive access is assumed to resources
- * which are usually shared by tasks in the same group - e.g. sighand may
- * be replaced with a new one.  Also, the exec'ing task takes over group
- * leader role including its pid.  Exclude these changes while locked by
- * grabbing cred_guard_mutex which is used to synchronize exec path.
+ * de_thread() does threadgroup_change_{begin|end}() when a non-leader
+ * sub-thread becomes a new leader.
  */
 static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-       /*
-        * exec uses exit for de-threading nesting group_rwsem inside
-        * cred_guard_mutex. Grab cred_guard_mutex first.
-        */
-       mutex_lock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
        down_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem);
 }
 
@@ -2519,7 +2510,6 @@ static inline void threadgroup_lock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 static inline void threadgroup_unlock(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
        up_write(&tsk->signal->group_rwsem);
-       mutex_unlock(&tsk->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 }
 #else
 static inline void threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) {}