kernel_wait4() doesn't sleep and returns -EINTR if there is no
eligible child and signal_pending() is true.
That is why zap_pid_ns_processes() clears TIF_SIGPENDING but this is not
enough, it should also clear TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL to make signal_pending()
return false and avoid a busy-wait loop.
Fixes: 12db8b690010 ("entry: Add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL")
Reported-by: Rachel Menge <[email protected]>
Closes:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
---
kernel/pid_namespace.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index dc48fecfa1dc..25f3cf679b35 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
*/
do {
clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL);
rc = kernel_wait4(-1, NULL, __WALL, NULL);
} while (rc != -ECHILD);
--
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55
