Re: [BUG] signal: multithread program returns with wrong errno on receiving SIGSTOP

[Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com>]

Hi Andrew,

> What kernel versions is this occurring on?

2.6.22-rc3 is.

Satoru

At Tue, 29 May 2007 01:03:15 -0700,
Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:32:00 +0900 Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I found a bug on signal subsystem. If there is some multithread program
> > and one of the thread is blocking on the system call, it returns with
> > wrong errno on receiving SIGSTOP and following SIGCONT.
> > 
> > Arch dependency
> > ===============
> > 
> > succeed to reproduce: i386, ia64
> > Unknown:              any other arch
> > 
> > # I suspect that this problem occur on any arch...
> > 
> > How to reproduce
> > ================
> > 
> > This process needs 2 terminals, term A and term B.
> > 
> > 1. issue the test program (attached on this mail) from term A.
> > 
> >    $ ./mt-wrong-errno
> > 
> > 2. send SIGSTOP to test program from term B.
> > 
> >    $ ps a
> >    ...
> >     9685 pts/3    Sl+    0:00 ./mt-wrong-errno
> >     9688 pts/4    R+     0:00 ps a
> >    $ kill -STOP 9685
> > 
> > 3. send SIGCONT to test program from term B.
> > 
> >    $ kill -CONT 9685
> > 
> > Expected Result
> > ===============
> > 
> > `./mt-wrong-errno' restarts read syscall (and stop again by receiving
> > SIGTTIN).
> > 
> > Actual Result
> > =============
> > 
> > `./mt-wrong-errno' returns with wrong errno 512 means ERESTARTSYS.
> > The comment on include/linux/errno.h says "this errno should never be
> > seen by user program." So it's definitely a bug.
> > 
> >   output of term A
> >   ----------------
> > 
> >     $ ./mt-wrong-errno
> > 
> >     [1]+  Stopped                 ./mt-wrong-errno
> >     $ errno = 512
> > 
> >   output of term B
> >   ----------------
> > 
> >     $ ps a
> >     ...
> >      9685 pts/3    Sl+    0:00 ./mt-wrong-errno
> >      9688 pts/4    R+     0:00 ps a
> >     $ kill -STOP 9685
> >     $ kill -CONT 9685
> > 
> > 
> > This problem can always reproduce, so it's no timing issue. I suspect
> > that group_stop_count counting mechanism has something wrong and
> > signal handling is canceled erroneously. 
> > 
> > Any hints or patch itself are welcome.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Satoru
> > 
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > /*
> >  * mt-wrong-errno.c
> >  * 
> >  * Copyright 2007 Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.futjisu.com>
> >  *
> >  * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
> >  * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
> >  * 
> >  */
> > 
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> > #include <pthread.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> > #include <err.h>
> > #include <unistd.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <errno.h>
> > 
> > void *thread_fn(void *arg)
> > {
> > 	char c;
> > 	int ret;
> > 
> > 	ret = read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1);
> > 	if (ret < 0)
> > 		printf("errno = %d\n", errno);
> > 
> > 	return NULL;
> > }
> > 
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> > 	pthread_t t;
> > 	
> > 	if (pthread_create(&t, NULL, thread_fn, NULL))
> > 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_create() failed\n");
> > 	
> > 	if (pthread_join(t, NULL))
> > 		warn("pthread_join() failed\n");
> > }
> 
> What kernel versions is this occurring on?
> 
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