kernel-ark/fs
Eric W. Biederman c06511d12d [PATCH] de_thread: Don't change our parents and ptrace flags.
This is two distinct changes.
 - Not changing our real parents.
 - Not changing our ptrace parents.

Not changing our real parents is trivially correct because both tasks
have the same real parents as they are part of a thread group.  Now that
we demote the leader to a thread there is no longer any reason to change
it's parentage.

Not changing our ptrace parents is a user visible change if someone
looks hard enough.  I don't think user space applications will care or
even notice.

In the practical and I think common case a debugger will have attached
to all of the threads using the same ptrace flags.  From my quick skim
of strace and gdb that appears to be the case.  Which if true means
debuggers will not notice a change.

Before this point we have already generated a ptrace event in do_exit
that reports the leaders pid has died so de_thread is visible to a
debugger.  Which means attempting to hide this case by copying flags
around appears excessive.

By not doing anything it avoids all of the weird locking issues between
de_thread and ptrace attach, and removes one case from consideration for
fixing the ptrace locking.

This only addresses Oleg's first concern with ptrace_attach, that of the
problems caused by reparenting.  Oleg's second concern is essentially a
race between ptrace_attach and release_task that causes an oops when we
get to force_sig_specific.  There is nothing special about de_thread
with respect to that race.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-04-14 08:49:19 -07:00
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9p [PATCH] 9p: handle sget() failure 2006-04-11 06:18:41 -07:00
adfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
affs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
afs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
autofs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
befs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
bfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
cifs [CIFS] Fix typo in earlier cifs_unlink change and protect one 2006-03-31 22:43:50 +00:00
coda [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
configfs [PATCH] Bogus NULL pointer check in fs/configfs/dir.c 2006-04-10 11:16:17 -07:00
cramfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
debugfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
devfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
devpts [PATCH] devpts: use lib/parser.c for parsing mount options 2006-03-23 07:38:17 -08:00
efs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
exportfs [PATCH] exportfs: add find_acceptable_alias helper 2006-01-18 19:20:28 -08:00
ext2 [PATCH] Introduce sys_splice() system call 2006-03-30 12:28:18 -08:00
ext3 [PATCH] ext3: Fix missed mutex unlock 2006-04-11 06:18:46 -07:00
fat [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
freevxfs BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/freevxfs/ 2006-04-02 13:41:02 +02:00
fuse [PATCH] fuse: account background requests 2006-04-11 06:18:49 -07:00
hfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
hfsplus BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/hfsplus/ 2006-04-01 01:14:43 +02:00
hostfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
hpfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
hppfs [PATCH] uml: __user annotations 2006-03-31 12:18:51 -08:00
hugetlbfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
isofs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
jbd [PATCH] Make address_space_operations->invalidatepage return void 2006-03-26 08:56:55 -08:00
jffs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
jffs2 BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/jffs2/ 2006-04-01 01:15:35 +02:00
jfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
lockd [PATCH] sem2mutex: fs/ 2006-03-26 08:56:55 -08:00
minix [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
msdos [PATCH] fat: kill reserved names 2006-03-31 12:18:55 -08:00
ncpfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
nfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfsacl: Solaris VxFS compatibility fix 2005-10-11 09:46:54 -07:00
nfsd [PATCH] knfsd: nfsd4: grant delegations more frequently 2006-04-11 06:18:53 -07:00
nls [PATCH] fs: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro 2006-03-24 07:33:19 -08:00
ntfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: Better I/O error handling in heartbeat 2006-04-07 18:03:09 -07:00
openpromfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
partitions Merge ../linux-2.6 2006-03-29 13:24:50 +11:00
proc [PATCH] kdump proc vmcore size oveflow fix 2006-04-11 06:18:42 -07:00
qnx4 [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
ramfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
reiserfs [PATCH] Introduce sys_splice() system call 2006-03-30 12:28:18 -08:00
romfs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
smbfs BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/smbfs/ 2006-04-01 01:16:26 +02:00
sysfs [PATCH] sysfs: zero terminate sysfs write buffers 2006-04-02 13:03:31 -07:00
sysv BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/sysv/ 2006-04-02 13:39:21 +02:00
udf BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/udf/ 2006-04-02 13:40:13 +02:00
ufs [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
vfat [PATCH] fat: kill reserved names 2006-03-31 12:18:55 -08:00
xfs Merge branch 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block 2006-04-11 06:34:02 -07:00
aio.c [PATCH] use kzalloc and kcalloc in core fs code 2006-03-25 08:23:00 -08:00
attr.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] dump_thread() cleanup 2006-01-10 08:01:25 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c 2006-03-24 18:38:48 +01:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] x86_64: Increase the variability of the process stack on 64bit architectures 2006-03-25 09:10:52 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] flat binary loader doesn't check fd table full 2006-03-25 08:23:01 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
bio.c [PATCH] mempool: use mempool_create_slab_pool() 2006-03-26 08:57:00 -08:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
buffer.c [PATCH] for_each_online_pgdat: renaming for_each_pgdat 2006-03-27 08:44:48 -08:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] Simplify proc/devices and fix early termination regression 2006-03-31 12:18:53 -08:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] fs: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro 2006-03-24 07:33:19 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] Fold select_bits_alloc/free into caller code. 2006-03-28 09:16:04 -08:00
dcache.c [PATCH] dcache: Add helper d_hash_and_lookup 2006-03-31 12:19:00 -08:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] Use __read_mostly on some hot fs variables 2006-03-26 08:56:56 -08:00
direct-io.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/direct-io.c 2006-04-01 01:10:13 +02:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] Use __read_mostly on some hot fs variables 2006-03-26 08:56:56 -08:00
dquot.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/dquot.c 2006-04-02 13:36:13 +02:00
drop_caches.c [PATCH] drop-pagecache 2006-01-08 20:12:40 -08:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] uniform POLLRDHUP handling between epoll and poll/select 2006-04-11 06:18:42 -07:00
exec.c [PATCH] de_thread: Don't change our parents and ptrace flags. 2006-04-14 08:49:19 -07:00
fcntl.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/fcntl.c 2006-04-02 13:37:19 +02:00
fifo.c [PATCH] pipe.c/fifo.c code cleanups 2006-04-11 13:53:33 +02:00
file_table.c [PATCH] get_empty_filp tweaks, inline epoll_init_file() 2006-03-23 07:38:17 -08:00
file.c [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: fixes for generic part 2006-03-28 09:16:05 -08:00
filesystems.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
fs-writeback.c [PATCH] Move cond_resched() after iput() in sync_sb_inodes() 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -08:00
inode.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/inode.c 2006-04-02 13:38:18 +02:00
inotify.c [PATCH] inotify: check for NULL inode in inotify_d_instantiate 2006-04-11 06:18:45 -07:00
ioctl.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
Kconfig [PATCH] kdump: enable CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE by default 2006-04-11 06:18:45 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt [PATCH] frv: suppress configuration of certain features for FRV 2006-01-08 20:13:36 -08:00
libfs.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
locks.c [PATCH] fs/locks.c: Fix sys_flock() race 2006-03-31 12:18:56 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] sys_sync_file_range() 2006-03-31 12:18:54 -08:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] Typo fixes 2006-03-28 09:16:08 -08:00
mpage.c [PATCH] map multiple blocks for mpage_readpages() 2006-03-26 08:57:01 -08:00
namei.c [PATCH] fs/namei.c: make lookup_hash() static 2006-03-31 12:19:01 -08:00
namespace.c [PATCH] vfs: propagate mnt_flags into do_loopback/vfsmount 2006-04-11 06:18:41 -07:00
nfsctl.c [PATCH] fs: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro 2006-03-24 07:33:19 -08:00
open.c Merge branch 'audit.b3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current 2006-03-25 09:24:53 -08:00
pipe.c [PATCH] another round of fs/pipe.c cleanups 2006-04-11 13:57:45 +02:00
pnode.c [PATCH] s/;;/;/g 2006-03-24 07:33:24 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] unbindable mounts 2005-11-07 18:18:11 -08:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c [PATCH] sem2mutex: quota 2006-03-23 07:38:11 -08:00
quota.c [PATCH] sem2mutex: quota 2006-03-23 07:38:11 -08:00
read_write.c [PATCH] splice: unlikely() optimizations 2006-04-11 13:56:09 +02:00
readdir.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
select.c [PATCH] select: don't overflow if (SELECT_STACK_ALLOC % sizeof(long) != 0) 2006-04-11 06:18:41 -07:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] sem2mutex: fs/seq_file.c 2006-03-23 07:38:12 -08:00
splice.c [PATCH] splice: comment styles 2006-04-11 13:57:21 +02:00
stat.c [PATCH] fstatat64 support 2006-02-11 21:41:10 -08:00
super.c [PATCH] sem2mutex: fs/ 2006-03-26 08:56:55 -08:00
sync.c [PATCH] sync_file_range(): use unsigned for flags 2006-04-11 06:18:40 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] Collect more inode information during syscall processing. 2006-03-20 14:08:53 -05:00