[PATCH] exec: make de_thread() freezable

From: Chanho Min
Date: Fri Nov 09 2018 - 03:38:10 EST


Suspend fails due to the exec family of functions blocking the freezer.
The casue is that de_thread() sleeps in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE waiting for
all sub-threads to die, and we have the deadlock if one of them is frozen.
In our machine, it causes freeze timeout as bellows.

Freezing of tasks failed after 20.010 seconds (1 tasks refusing to freeze, wq_busy=0):
setcpushares-ls D ffffffc00008ed70 0 5817 1483 0x0040000d
Call trace:
[<ffffffc00008ed70>] __switch_to+0x88/0xa0
[<ffffffc000d1c30c>] __schedule+0x1bc/0x720
[<ffffffc000d1ca90>] schedule+0x40/0xa8
[<ffffffc0001cd784>] flush_old_exec+0xdc/0x640
[<ffffffc000220360>] load_elf_binary+0x2a8/0x1090
[<ffffffc0001ccff4>] search_binary_handler+0x9c/0x240
[<ffffffc00021c584>] load_script+0x20c/0x228
[<ffffffc0001ccff4>] search_binary_handler+0x9c/0x240
[<ffffffc0001ce8e0>] do_execveat_common.isra.14+0x4f8/0x6e8
[<ffffffc0001cedd0>] compat_SyS_execve+0x38/0x48
[<ffffffc00008de30>] el0_svc_naked+0x24/0x28

To fix this, make de_thread() freezable. It looks safe and works fine.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1ebf6e5..70ccfc8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
#include <linux/oom.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -1083,7 +1084,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
while (sig->notify_count) {
__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
spin_unlock_irq(lock);
- schedule();
+ freezable_schedule();
if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk)))
goto killed;
spin_lock_irq(lock);
--
2.1.4