linux/arch/sparc64
Mathieu Desnoyers c0a79b229a [SPARC64]: Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread()
Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread() for sparc64

Fixes correctly the race by using *_ti_thread_flag.

Race :

parent process executing :
sys_ptrace()
 (lock_kernel())
 (ptrace_get_task_struct(pid))
 arch_ptrace()
   ptrace_detach()
     ptrace_disable(child);
       clear_singlestep(child);
         clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
         (which clears the TIF_SINGLESTEP flag atomically from a different
          process)
 (put_task_struct(child))
 (unlock_kernel())

And at the same time, in the child process :
sys_execve()
 do_execve()
   search_binary_handler()
     load_elf_binary()
       flush_old_exec()
         flush_thread()
           doing a non-atomic thread flag update

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-03-10 00:19:49 -08:00
..
boot [SPARC64]: Add .gitignore file for sparc64 boot images. 2006-02-05 00:15:11 -08:00
kernel [SPARC64]: Fix atomicity of TIF update in flush_thread() 2007-03-10 00:19:49 -08:00
lib Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
math-emu [SPARC64] math-emu: Delete debugging printk left by previous commit. 2006-03-20 01:13:53 -08:00
mm [SPARC64]: We do not need ZONE_DMA. 2007-02-12 15:15:46 -08:00
oprofile [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
prom [SPARC]: Kill prom_getname, unused and not implemented properly. 2006-07-21 14:17:55 -07:00
solaris [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:44 -08:00
defconfig [SPARC64]: Update defconfig. 2007-02-28 09:51:15 -08:00
Kconfig [SPARC64]: We do not need ZONE_DMA. 2007-02-12 15:15:46 -08:00
Kconfig.debug [SPARC64]: Add irqtrace/stacktrace/lockdep support. 2006-12-10 02:39:09 -08:00
Makefile [SPARC64]: Stop putting -finline-limit=XXX into CFLAGS 2005-12-20 14:53:05 -08:00