From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Kusaram Devineni <kusaram@devineni.in>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] signal: Use sig_can_short_circuit to improve fatal signal delivery
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:38:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jyrb3g9s.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877bnb4uyw.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> (Eric W. Biederman's message of "Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:35:51 -0500")
Today send_signal does not discover all of the fatal signals that
qualify for short circuit delivery. In general this is not a problem
as get_signal will handle any signals that reach it properly.
Recognizing fatal signals in send_signal is necessary for the kernel's
fatal_signal_pending test to work.
Now that sig_can_short_circuit exists stop using a half-assed version
of sig_can_short_circuit in complete_signal based on wants_signal.
Instead use sig_can_short_circuit to implement fatal signal short
circuit handling in enqueue_signal.
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
---
kernel/signal.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 4429d3ec6776..b54669ac8e77 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1045,36 +1045,8 @@ static void complete_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type)
}
/*
- * Found a killable thread. If the signal will be fatal,
- * then start taking the whole group down immediately.
- */
- if (sig_fatal(p, sig) && !sigismember(&t->real_blocked, sig) &&
- (sig == SIGKILL || !p->ptrace)) {
- /*
- * This signal will be fatal to the whole group.
- */
- if (!sig_kernel_coredump(sig)) {
- /*
- * Start a group exit and wake everybody up.
- * This way we don't have other threads
- * running and doing things after a slower
- * thread has the fatal signal pending.
- */
- signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
- signal->group_exit_code = sig;
- signal->group_stop_count = 0;
- __for_each_thread(signal, t) {
- task_clear_jobctl_pending(t, JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK);
- sigaddset(&t->pending.signal, SIGKILL);
- signal_wake_up(t, 1);
- }
- return;
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * The signal is already in the shared-pending queue.
- * Tell the chosen thread to wake up and dequeue it.
+ * Found a killable thread. The signal is already in the
+ * queue. Tell the chosen thread to wake up and dequeue it.
*/
signal_wake_up(t, sig == SIGKILL);
return;
@@ -1086,13 +1058,37 @@ static void enqueue_signal(struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type,
struct signal_struct *signal = t->signal;
struct sigpending *pending = (type != PIDTYPE_PID) ?
&signal->shared_pending : &t->pending;
+ bool need_signal_wake_up = true;
+
+ if (sig_fatal(t, sig) && !sig_kernel_coredump(sig) &&
+ sig_can_short_circuit(t, type, sig)) {
+ struct task_struct *thread;
+ /*
+ * This signal will be fatal to the whole group.
+ *
+ * Start a group exit and wake everybody up.
+ * This way we don't have other threads
+ * running and doing things after a slower
+ * thread has the fatal signal pending.
+ */
+ signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
+ signal->group_exit_code = sig;
+ signal->group_stop_count = 0;
+ __for_each_thread(signal, thread) {
+ task_clear_jobctl_pending(thread, JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK);
+ sigaddset(&thread->pending.signal, SIGKILL);
+ signal_wake_up(thread, 1);
+ }
+ need_signal_wake_up = false;
+ }
signalfd_notify(t, sig);
if (q) {
list_add_tail(&q->list, &pending->list);
}
sigaddset(&pending->signal, sig);
- complete_signal(sig, t, type);
+ if (need_signal_wake_up)
+ complete_signal(sig, t, type);
}
static inline bool legacy_queue(struct sigpending *signals, int sig)
--
2.41.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-03 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-19 13:27 [PATCH v2 1/3] signal: change force_sig_info_to_task() to call __send_signal_locked() Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-19 13:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] signal: turn the "bool force" arg of __send_signal_locked() into "int flags" Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-06 13:23 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-06-19 13:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] signal: fix evasion of SA_IMMUTABLE signals Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-06 13:23 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-06-26 16:52 ` [PATCH 0/11] Short circuit delivery for coredump signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:54 ` [PATCH 01/11] signal: Compute the exit_code in get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:54 ` [PATCH 02/11] signal: In get_signal call do_exit when it is unnecessary to shoot down threads Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:55 ` [PATCH 03/11] signal: Bring down all threads when handling a non-coredump fatal signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:55 ` [PATCH 04/11] signal: Move stopping for the coredump from do_exit into get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:56 ` [PATCH 05/11] signal: Move audit_core_dumps from do_coredump " Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:57 ` [PATCH 06/11] coredump: In zap_threads complete startup if there is no need to wait Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:57 ` [PATCH 07/11] signal: Use the thread killing in get_signal for coredumps Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:58 ` [PATCH 08/11] exit: Make do_group_exit static Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:59 ` [PATCH 09/11] signal: Dequeue fatal signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 16:59 ` [PATCH 10/11] signal: Short circuit deliver coredump signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-26 17:00 ` [PATCH 11/11] signal: Remove SA_IMMUTABLE Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-28 14:29 ` [PATCH 0/11] Short circuit delivery for coredump signals Oleg Nesterov
2026-06-29 6:22 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-06-29 17:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-02 10:36 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-03 20:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-05 15:54 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-06 9:21 ` Christian Brauner
2026-07-06 12:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 15:58 ` Christian Brauner
2026-07-03 21:35 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] " Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-03 21:36 ` [PATCH 01/14] signal: Generalize posixtimer_queue_sigqueue into enqueue_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 12:54 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-07 11:21 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-07 12:23 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-03 21:37 ` [PATCH 02/14] signal: Factor out sig_blocked from sig_ignored Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:01 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:37 ` [PATCH 03/14] signal: More accurate ignoring of signals based on sig_can_short_circuit Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:02 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:38 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2026-07-06 13:03 ` [PATCH 04/14] signal: Use sig_can_short_circuit to improve fatal signal delivery Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:39 ` [PATCH 05/14] signal: Compute the exit_code in get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:03 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-03 21:40 ` [PATCH 06/14] signal: In get_signal call do_exit when it is unnecessary to shoot down threads Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:04 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:40 ` [PATCH 07/14] signal: Bring down all threads when handling a non-coredump fatal signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:05 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:41 ` [PATCH 08/14] signal: Move stopping for the coredump from do_exit into get_signal Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:08 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:41 ` [PATCH 09/14] signal: Move audit_core_dumps from do_coredump " Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:08 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:42 ` [PATCH 10/14] coredump: In zap_threads complete startup if there is no need to wait Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:09 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:43 ` [PATCH 11/14] signal: Use the thread killing in get_signal for coredumps Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:13 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:43 ` [PATCH 12/14] exit: Make do_group_exit static Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:14 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:44 ` [PATCH 13/14] signal: Dequeue fatal signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:16 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-03 21:44 ` [PATCH 14/14] signal: Short circuit deliver coredump signals Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:17 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-07 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] Short circuit delivery for " Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-07 12:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-09 11:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-10 14:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-09 12:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2026-07-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 0/11] " Bradley Morgan
2026-07-06 13:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] signal: change force_sig_info_to_task() to call __send_signal_locked() Bradley Morgan
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