coredump: shift down_write(mmap_sem) into coredump_wait()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Wed, 26 May 2010 21:43:08 +0000 (14:43 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 27 May 2010 16:12:45 +0000 (09:12 -0700)
- move the cprm.mm_flags checks up, before we take mmap_sem

- move down_write(mmap_sem) and ->core_state check from do_coredump()
  to coredump_wait()

This simplifies the code and makes the locking symmetrical.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/exec.c

index 6501823..0c72d23 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1662,12 +1662,15 @@ static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
        struct task_struct *tsk = current;
        struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
        struct completion *vfork_done;
-       int core_waiters;
+       int core_waiters = -EBUSY;
 
        init_completion(&core_state->startup);
        core_state->dumper.task = tsk;
        core_state->dumper.next = NULL;
-       core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, core_state, exit_code);
+
+       down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+       if (!mm->core_state)
+               core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, core_state, exit_code);
        up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
        if (unlikely(core_waiters < 0))
@@ -1860,20 +1863,12 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
        binfmt = mm->binfmt;
        if (!binfmt || !binfmt->core_dump)
                goto fail;
+       if (!__get_dumpable(cprm.mm_flags))
+               goto fail;
 
        cred = prepare_creds();
        if (!cred)
                goto fail;
-
-       down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-       /*
-        * If another thread got here first, or we are not dumpable, bail out.
-        */
-       if (mm->core_state || !__get_dumpable(cprm.mm_flags)) {
-               up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-               goto fail_creds;
-       }
-
        /*
         *      We cannot trust fsuid as being the "true" uid of the
         *      process nor do we know its entire history. We only know it