Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:31:13 +0400 | From | Oleg Nesterov <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/4] do_sched_setscheduler: don't take tasklist_lock |
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Use rcu locks instead. sched_setscheduler() now takes ->siglock before reading ->signal->rlim[].
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
--- 2.6.18-rc4/kernel/sched.c~2_signal 2006-08-19 20:22:09.000000000 +0400 +++ 2.6.18-rc4/kernel/sched.c 2006-08-19 21:14:19.000000000 +0400 @@ -4043,6 +4043,8 @@ static void __setscheduler(struct task_s * @p: the task in question. * @policy: new policy. * @param: structure containing the new RT priority. + * + * NOTE: the task may be already dead */ int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, struct sched_param *param) @@ -4078,19 +4080,26 @@ recheck: * Allow unprivileged RT tasks to decrease priority: */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { + unsigned long rlim_rtprio; + unsigned long flags; + + if (!lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) + return -ESRCH; + rlim_rtprio = p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_RTPRIO].rlim_cur; + unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags); + /* * can't change policy, except between SCHED_NORMAL * and SCHED_BATCH: */ if (((policy != SCHED_NORMAL && p->policy != SCHED_BATCH) && (policy != SCHED_BATCH && p->policy != SCHED_NORMAL)) && - !p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_RTPRIO].rlim_cur) + !rlim_rtprio) return -EPERM; /* can't increase priority */ if ((policy != SCHED_NORMAL && policy != SCHED_BATCH) && param->sched_priority > p->rt_priority && - param->sched_priority > - p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_RTPRIO].rlim_cur) + param->sched_priority > rlim_rtprio) return -EPERM; /* can't change other user's priorities */ if ((current->euid != p->euid) && @@ -4156,14 +4165,13 @@ do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int pol return -EINVAL; if (copy_from_user(&lparam, param, sizeof(struct sched_param))) return -EFAULT; - read_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + + rcu_read_lock(); + retval = -ESRCH; p = find_process_by_pid(pid); - if (!p) { - read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); - return -ESRCH; - } - retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam); - read_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + if (p != NULL) + retval = sched_setscheduler(p, policy, &lparam); + rcu_read_unlock(); return retval; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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