Re: [PATCH] io_uring: handle signals before letting io-worker exit

[Olivier Langlois]

On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 07:46 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 5/26/21 12:21 PM, Olivier Langlois wrote:
> > This is required for proper core dump generation.
> > 
> > Because signals are normally serviced before resuming userspace and
> > an
> > io_worker thread will never resume userspace, it needs to
> > explicitly
> > call the signal servicing functions.
> > 
> > Also, notice that it is possible to exit from the io_wqe_worker()
> > function main loop while having a pending signal such as when
> > the IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT bit is set.
> > 
> > It is crucial to service any pending signal before calling
> > do_exit()
> > Proper coredump generation is relying on PF_SIGNALED to be set.
> > 
> > More specifically, exit_mm() is using this flag to wait for the
> > core dump completion before releasing its memory descriptor.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Olivier Langlois <olivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/io-wq.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
> > index 5361a9b4b47b..b76c61e9aff2 100644
> > --- a/fs/io-wq.c
> > +++ b/fs/io-wq.c
> > @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> >  #include <linux/errno.h>
> >  #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> > -#include <linux/mm.h>
> > -#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
> >  #include <linux/percpu.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include <linux/rculist_nulls.h>
> > @@ -193,6 +191,26 @@ static void io_worker_exit(struct io_worker
> > *worker)
> >  
> >         kfree_rcu(worker, rcu);
> >         io_worker_ref_put(wqe->wq);
> > +       /*
> > +        * Because signals are normally serviced before resuming
> > userspace and an
> > +        * io_worker thread will never resume userspace, it needs
> > to explicitly
> > +        * call the signal servicing functions.
> > +        *
> > +        * Also notice that it is possible to exit from the
> > io_wqe_worker()
> > +        * function main loop while having a pending signal such as
> > when
> > +        * the IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT bit is set.
> > +        *
> > +        * It is crucial to service any pending signal before
> > calling do_exit()
> > +        * Proper coredump generation is relying on PF_SIGNALED to
> > be set.
> > +        *
> > +        * More specifically, exit_mm() is using this flag to wait
> > for the
> > +        * core dump completion before releasing its memory
> > descriptor.
> > +        */
> > +       if (signal_pending(current)) {
> > +               struct ksignal ksig;
> > +
> > +               get_signal(&ksig);
> > +       }
> >         do_exit(0);
> >  }
> 
> Do we need the same thing in fs/io_uring.c:io_sq_thread()?
> 
Jens,

You are 100% correct. In fact, this is the same problem for ALL
currently existing and future io threads. Therefore, I start to think
that the right place for the fix might be straight into do_exit()...