linux/fs
David Rientjes c257a340ed fs, epoll: short circuit fetching events if thread has been killed
We've encountered zombies that are waiting for a thread to exit that are
looping in ep_poll() almost endlessly although there is a pending
SIGKILL as a result of a group exit.

This happens because we always find ep_events_available() and fetch more
events and never are able to check for signal_pending() that would break
from the loop and return -EINTR.

Special case fatal signals and break immediately to guarantee that we
loop to fetch more events and delay making a timely exit.

It would also be possible to simply move the check for signal_pending()
higher than checking for ep_events_available(), but there have been no
reports of delayed signal handling other than SIGKILL preventing zombies
from exiting that would be fixed by this.

It fixes an issue for us where we have witnessed zombies sticking around
for at least O(minutes), but considering the code has been like this
forever and nobody else has complained that I have found, I would simply
queue it up for 4.12.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1705031722350.76784@chino.kir.corp.google.com
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-07-10 16:32:36 -07:00
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9p 9p: Convert to separately allocated bdi 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
adfs
affs fs/affs: add rename exchange 2017-05-05 15:24:52 -04:00
afs afs: Add metadata xattrs 2017-07-09 14:40:12 -07:00
autofs4 Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2017-06-24 08:57:20 +02:00
befs befs: make export work with cold dcache 2017-05-05 11:35:35 +01:00
bfs Tigran has moved 2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'nowait-aio-btrfs-fixup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-07-10 10:27:48 -07:00
cachefiles sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
ceph ceph: unify inode i_ctime update 2017-06-14 19:37:23 +02:00
cifs first set of cifs fixes for 4.13, bug fixes and improved POSIX character mapping 2017-07-07 17:44:36 -07:00
coda fs: implement vfs_iter_write using do_iter_write 2017-06-29 17:49:23 -04:00
configfs configfs: Introduce config_item_get_unless_zero() 2017-06-12 13:20:20 +02:00
cramfs
crypto The first major feature for ext4 this merge window is the largedir 2017-07-09 09:31:22 -07:00
debugfs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:50:54 -07:00
devpts
dlm net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: Convert to separately allocated bdi 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
efivarfs
efs
exofs mm: drop "wait" parameter from write_one_page() 2017-07-05 18:44:22 -04:00
exportfs Merge branch 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-03-03 11:38:56 -08:00
ext2 The first major feature for ext4 this merge window is the largedir 2017-07-09 09:31:22 -07:00
ext4 The first major feature for ext4 this merge window is the largedir 2017-07-09 09:31:22 -07:00
f2fs Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
fat fat: fix using uninitialized fields of fat_inode/fsinfo_inode 2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
freevxfs
fscache KEYS: Differentiate uses of rcu_dereference_key() and user_key_payload() 2017-03-02 10:09:00 +11:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-20 16:12:30 -07:00
gfs2 Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
hfs fs: semove set but not checked AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE flag 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
hfsplus fs: semove set but not checked AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE flag 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
hostfs
hpfs sched/headers: Prepare to move signal wakeup & sigpending methods from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:32 +01:00
hugetlbfs mm: hwpoison: dissolve in-use hugepage in unrecoverable memory error 2017-07-10 16:32:30 -07:00
isofs sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
jbd2 Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
jffs2 jffs2: fix spelling mistake: "requestied" -> "requested" 2017-04-19 11:35:55 -07:00
jfs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #1) 2017-07-07 18:39:15 -07:00
kernfs kernfs: Check KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE before calling kernfs_release_file() 2017-03-17 10:25:59 +09:00
lockd Another RDMA update from Chuck Lever, and a bunch of miscellaneous 2017-05-10 13:29:23 -07:00
minix Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:50:54 -07:00
ncpfs mm: per-cgroup memory reclaim stats 2017-07-06 16:24:35 -07:00
nfs Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-07-05 11:26:35 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'work.read_write' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-05 14:35:57 -07:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
nls
notify dentry name snapshots 2017-07-07 20:09:10 -04:00
ntfs ntfs: Use ERR_CAST() to avoid cross-structure cast 2017-05-28 10:11:48 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: constify attribute_group structures 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
omfs sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
openpromfs
orangefs sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
overlayfs UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
proc fs/proc/generic.c: switch to ida_simple_get/remove 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
pstore pstore: use memdup_user 2017-06-27 17:02:36 -07:00
qnx4
qnx6
quota quota: add get_inode_usage callback to transfer multi-inode charges 2017-06-22 11:46:48 -04:00
ramfs
reiserfs sched/wait: Rename wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t 2017-06-20 12:18:27 +02:00
romfs romfs: use different way to generate fsid for BLOCK or MTD 2017-01-24 16:26:14 -08:00
squashfs fs/pstore: fs/squashfs: change usage of LZ4 to work with new LZ4 version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
sysfs sysfs: be careful of error returns from ops->show() 2017-04-08 17:33:32 +02:00
sysv mm: drop "wait" parameter from write_one_page() 2017-07-05 18:44:22 -04:00
tracefs fs: constify tree_descr arrays passed to simple_fill_super() 2017-04-26 23:54:06 -04:00
ubifs This pull request contains updates for both UBI and UBIFS: 2017-05-13 10:23:12 -07:00
udf udf: use kmap_atomic for memcpy copying 2017-04-24 16:28:02 +02:00
ufs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #1) 2017-07-07 18:39:15 -07:00
xfs Changes for 4.13: 2017-07-10 10:51:53 -07:00
aio.c fs: add O_DIRECT and aio support for sending down write life time hints 2017-06-27 12:05:36 -06:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
bad_inode.c statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available 2017-03-02 20:51:15 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
binfmt_elf.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
binfmt_misc.c fs: constify tree_descr arrays passed to simple_fill_super() 2017-04-26 23:54:06 -04:00
binfmt_script.c
block_dev.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
buffer.c fs/buffer.c: make bh_lru_install() more efficient 2017-07-10 16:32:30 -07:00
char_dev.c chardev: add helper function to register char devs with a struct device 2017-03-21 06:44:32 +01:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c fs/binfmt: Convert obsolete cputime type to nsecs 2017-02-01 09:13:51 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c Merge branch 'work.__copy_in_user' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:15:02 -07:00
compat.c fs/compat.c: trim unused includes 2017-04-17 12:52:27 -04:00
coredump.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
dax.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
dcache.c fs/dcache.c: fix spin lockup issue on nlru->lock 2017-07-10 16:32:33 -07:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c fs: add O_DIRECT and aio support for sending down write life time hints 2017-06-27 12:05:36 -06:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
eventpoll.c fs, epoll: short circuit fetching events if thread has been killed 2017-07-10 16:32:36 -07:00
exec.c exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75% of _STK_LIM 2017-07-07 20:05:08 -07:00
fcntl.c vfs: fix flock compat thinko 2017-07-07 13:48:18 -07:00
fhandle.c fhandle: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:26 -04:00
file_table.c fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting 2017-07-06 07:02:25 -04:00
file.c fs/file.c: replace alloc_fdmem() with kvmalloc() alternative 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
filesystems.c fs: warn in case userspace lied about modprobe return 2017-06-29 20:05:43 -04:00
fs_pin.c sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
fs_struct.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
fs-writeback.c fs: add a blank lines on some kernel-doc comments 2017-05-16 08:44:10 -03:00
inode.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:50:54 -07:00
internal.h Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
ioctl.c sched/headers: Prepare for the reduction of <linux/sched.h>'s signal API dependency 2017-03-02 08:42:37 +01:00
iomap.c Changes for 4.13: 2017-07-10 10:51:53 -07:00
Kconfig block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX 2017-05-08 10:55:27 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c fs: convert __generic_file_fsync to use errseq_t based reporting 2017-07-06 07:02:29 -04:00
locks.c fs/locks: pass kernel struct flock to fcntl_getlk/setlk 2017-05-27 06:07:19 -04:00
Makefile
mbcache.c ext4: xattr inode deduplication 2017-06-22 11:44:55 -04:00
mount.h mnt: In propgate_umount handle visiting mounts in any order 2017-05-23 08:41:16 -05:00
mpage.c There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
namei.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:50:54 -07:00
namespace.c mm: update callers to use HASH_ZERO flag 2017-07-06 16:24:33 -07:00
no-block.c
nsfs.c ns: allow ns_entries to have custom symlink content 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
open.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
pipe.c
pnode.c mnt: Make propagate_umount less slow for overlapping mount propagation trees 2017-05-23 08:41:17 -05:00
pnode.h mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating shadow/side mounts. 2017-02-04 00:01:06 +13:00
posix_acl.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
proc_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
read_write.c Merge branch 'work.read_write' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-07 21:48:15 -07:00
readdir.c readdir: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:24 -04:00
select.c Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-06 20:57:13 -07:00
seq_file.c mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
signalfd.c sched/wait: Rename wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t 2017-06-20 12:18:27 +02:00
splice.c fs: implement vfs_iter_write using do_iter_write 2017-06-29 17:49:23 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c ufs: restore maintaining ->i_blocks 2017-06-09 16:28:01 -04:00
statfs.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-08 10:50:54 -07:00
super.c bdi: Drop 'parent' argument from bdi_register[_va]() 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
sync.c fs: remove call_fsync helper function 2017-07-05 18:44:23 -04:00
timerfd.c timerfd: Use get_itimerspec64() and put_itimerspec64() 2017-06-30 04:14:38 -04:00
userfaultfd.c mm/hugetlb: add size parameter to huge_pte_offset() 2017-07-06 16:24:34 -07:00
utimes.c utimes: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:23 -04:00
xattr.c treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00