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Subject[ptrace] Problem with ptrace cleanup logic.
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I noticed that ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 1) makes the global init process remain
killable even after a process that called ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 1) exits.

Steps to reproduce:

(1) Compile ptrace-init.c as ./a.out .

----- ptrace-init.c -----
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("PTRACE_ATTACH=%ld\n", ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 1));
return 0;
}
----- ptrace-init.c -----

(2) Run below commands as root user.

# ./a.out
# kill -KILL 1




Result on 2.6.26.8 to 2.6.29.6 is

# head -n 2 /proc/1/status
Name: init
State: S (sleeping)
# ./a.out
PTRACE_ATTACH=0
# head -n 2 /proc/1/status
Name: init
State: S (sleeping)
# kill -KILL 1

Result on 2.6.30.10 to 3.3-rc4 is

# head -n 2 /proc/1/status
Name: init
State: S (sleeping)
# ./a.out
PTRACE_ATTACH=0
# head -n 2 /proc/1/status
Name: init
State: T (stopped)
# kill -KILL 1
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

As you can see, the global init process remains "T (stopped)" state. I think
this is a regression because it always triggers kernel panic upon sysvinit's
shutdown sequence.

Sending all processes the TERM signal...done.
Sending all processes the KILL signal...
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.2.7 #1
Call Trace:
[<c10354c3>] panic+0x63/0x170
[<c1038123>] find_new_reaper+0xa3/0xb0
[<c103824c>] forget_original_parent+0x2c/0x180
[<c11c7f24>] ? get_current_tty+0x54/0x70

If ptrace-init.c were expected to do some cleanup logic before exit, we can't
force ptrace-init.c to do it, for ptrace-init.c can be terminated unexpectedly.


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