[PATCH 1/3] exit_signal: simplify the "we have changed executiondomain" logic

[Oleg Nesterov]

exit_notify() checks "tsk->self_exec_id != tsk->parent_exec_id"
to handle the "we have changed execution domain" case.

We can change do_thread() to always set ->exit_signal = SIGCHLD
and remove this check to simplify the code.

We could change setup_new_exec() instead, this looks more logical
because it increments ->self_exec_id. But note that de_thread()
already resets ->exit_signal if it changes the leader, let's keep
both changes close to each other.

Note that we change ->exit_signal lockless, this changes the rules.
Thereafter ->exit_signal is not stable under tasklist but this is
fine, the only possible change is OLDSIG -> SIGCHLD. This can race
with eligible_child() but the race is harmless. We can race with
reparent_leader() which changes our ->exit_signal in parallel, but
it does the same change to SIGCHLD.

The noticeable user-visible change is that the execing task is not
"visible" to do_wait()->eligible_child(__WCLONE) right after exec.
To me this looks more logical, and this is consistent with mt case.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/exec.c     |    3 +++
 kernel/exit.c |    7 +------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 92ce83a..218d074 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -975,6 +975,9 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	sig->notify_count = 0;
 
 no_thread_group:
+	/* we have changed execution domain */
+	tsk->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
+
 	if (current->mm)
 		setmax_mm_hiwater_rss(&sig->maxrss, current->mm);
 
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 7b36288..522c1aa 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -827,14 +827,9 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 	 * If the parent exec id doesn't match the exec id we saved
 	 * when we started then we know the parent has changed security
 	 * domain.
-	 *
-	 * If our self_exec id doesn't match our parent_exec_id then
-	 * we have changed execution domain as these two values started
-	 * the same after a fork.
 	 */
 	if (thread_group_leader(tsk) && tsk->exit_signal != SIGCHLD &&
-	    (tsk->parent_exec_id != tsk->real_parent->self_exec_id ||
-	     tsk->self_exec_id != tsk->parent_exec_id))
+	    tsk->parent_exec_id != tsk->real_parent->self_exec_id)
 		tsk->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 
 	if (unlikely(tsk->ptrace)) {
-- 
1.5.5.1


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