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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/ptrace.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index 74a3d693c19..f34d798ef4a 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -324,26 +324,32 @@ int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data) } /* - * Detach all tasks we were using ptrace on. + * Detach all tasks we were using ptrace on. Called with tasklist held + * for writing, and returns with it held too. But note it can release + * and reacquire the lock. */ void exit_ptrace(struct task_struct *tracer) { struct task_struct *p, *n; LIST_HEAD(ptrace_dead); - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + if (likely(list_empty(&tracer->ptraced))) + return; + list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &tracer->ptraced, ptrace_entry) { if (__ptrace_detach(tracer, p)) list_add(&p->ptrace_entry, &ptrace_dead); } - write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); BUG_ON(!list_empty(&tracer->ptraced)); list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &ptrace_dead, ptrace_entry) { list_del_init(&p->ptrace_entry); release_task(p); } + + write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); } int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __user *dst, int len) |