[PATCH] 2.5.5 Fix for get_pid hang

[Paul Larson <plars@austin.ibm.com>]

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This is a fix for a problem where if we run out of available pids,
get_pid will hang the system while it searches through the tasks for an
available pid forever.

Thanks,
Paul Larson



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diff -Naur linux-2.5.5/kernel/fork.c linux-2.5.5-getpid/kernel/fork.c
--- linux-2.5.5/kernel/fork.c	Tue Feb 19 20:10:55 2002
+++ linux-2.5.5-getpid/kernel/fork.c	Fri Feb 22 17:29:38 2002
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -129,12 +130,13 @@
 {
 	static int next_safe = PID_MAX;
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	int pid;
+	int pid, beginpid;
 
 	if (flags & CLONE_PID)
 		return current->pid;
 
 	spin_lock(&lastpid_lock);
+	beginpid = last_pid;
 	if((++last_pid) & 0xffff8000) {
 		last_pid = 300;		/* Skip daemons etc. */
 		goto inside;
@@ -154,12 +156,16 @@
 						last_pid = 300;
 					next_safe = PID_MAX;
 				}
+				if(unlikely(last_pid == beginpid))
+					goto nomorepids;
 				goto repeat;
 			}
 			if(p->pid > last_pid && next_safe > p->pid)
 				next_safe = p->pid;
 			if(p->pgrp > last_pid && next_safe > p->pgrp)
 				next_safe = p->pgrp;
+			if(p->tgid > last_pid && next_safe > p->tgid)
+				next_safe = p->tgid;
 			if(p->session > last_pid && next_safe > p->session)
 				next_safe = p->session;
 		}
@@ -169,6 +175,11 @@
 	spin_unlock(&lastpid_lock);
 
 	return pid;
+
+nomorepids:
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&lastpid_lock);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct * mm)
@@ -667,6 +678,8 @@
 
 	copy_flags(clone_flags, p);
 	p->pid = get_pid(clone_flags);
+	if (p->pid == 0 && current->pid != 0)
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->run_list);