posix-cpu-timers: Clear task::posix_cputimers_work in copy_process()
commit ca7752ca upstream. copy_process currently copies task_struct.posix_cputimers_work as-is. If a timer interrupt arrives while handling clone and before dup_task_struct completes then the child task will have: 1. posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true 2. posix_cputimers_work.work queued. copy_process clears task_struct.task_works, so (2) will have no effect and posix_cpu_timers_work will never run (not to mention it doesn't make sense for two tasks to share a common linked list). Since posix_cpu_timers_work never runs, posix_cputimers_work.scheduled is never cleared. Since scheduled is set, future timer interrupts will skip scheduling work, with the ultimate result that the task will never receive timer expirations. Together, the complete flow is: 1. Task 1 calls clone(), enters kernel. 2. Timer interrupt fires, schedules task work on Task 1. 2a. task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true 2b. task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.work added to task_struct.task_works. 3. dup_task_struct() copies Task 1 to Task 2. 4. copy_process() clears task_struct.task_works for Task 2. 5. Future timer interrupts on Task 2 see task_struct.posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true and skip scheduling work. Fix this by explicitly clearing contents of task_struct.posix_cputimers_work in copy_process(). This was never meant to be shared or inherited across tasks in the first place. Fixes: 1fb497dd ("posix-cpu-timers: Provide mechanisms to defer timer handling to task_work") Reported-by:Rhys Hiltner <rhys@justin.tv> Signed-off-by:
Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211101210615.716522-1-mpratt@google.com Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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