forked from Minki/linux
mainlining shenanigans
ccf0fa6be0
I have read through the code in exec_mmap and I do not see anything that depends on sighand or the sighand lock, or on signals in anyway so this should be safe. This rearrangement of code has two significant benefits. It makes the determination of passing the point of no return by testing bprm->mm accurate. All failures prior to that point in flush_old_exec are either truly recoverable or they are fatal. Further this consolidates all of the possible indefinite waits for userspace together at the top of flush_old_exec. The possible wait for a ptracer on PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT, the possible wait for a page fault to be resolved in clear_child_tid, and the possible wait for a page fault in exit_robust_list. This consolidation allows the creation of a mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex that is not held over possible indefinite userspace waits. Which will allow removing deadlock scenarios from the kernel. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Reviewed-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com> Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.