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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pid.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rculist.h21
-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c19
4 files changed, 42 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 06b4c550af5d..9b60f927afd7 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1186,11 +1186,8 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
/* Become a process group leader with the old leader's pid.
* The old leader becomes a thread of the this thread group.
- * Note: The old leader also uses this pid until release_task
- * is called. Odd but simple and correct.
*/
- tsk->pid = leader->pid;
- change_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID, task_pid(leader));
+ exchange_tids(tsk, leader);
transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_TGID);
transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_PGID);
transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_SID);
diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index cc896f0fc4e3..2159ffca63fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ extern void attach_pid(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type);
extern void detach_pid(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type);
extern void change_pid(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type,
struct pid *pid);
+extern void exchange_tids(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *old);
extern void transfer_pid(struct task_struct *old, struct task_struct *new,
enum pid_type);
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
index 8214cdc715f2..67867e0d4cec 100644
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -506,6 +506,27 @@ static inline void hlist_replace_rcu(struct hlist_node *old,
WRITE_ONCE(old->pprev, LIST_POISON2);
}
+/**
+ * hlists_swap_heads_rcu - swap the lists the hlist heads point to
+ * @left: The hlist head on the left
+ * @right: The hlist head on the right
+ *
+ * The lists start out as [@left ][node1 ... ] and
+ [@right ][node2 ... ]
+ * The lists end up as [@left ][node2 ... ]
+ * [@right ][node1 ... ]
+ */
+static inline void hlists_swap_heads_rcu(struct hlist_head *left, struct hlist_head *right)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *node1 = left->first;
+ struct hlist_node *node2 = right->first;
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(left->first, node2);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(right->first, node1);
+ WRITE_ONCE(node2->pprev, &left->first);
+ WRITE_ONCE(node1->pprev, &right->first);
+}
+
/*
* return the first or the next element in an RCU protected hlist
*/
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index c835b844aca7..6d5d0a5bda82 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -363,6 +363,25 @@ void change_pid(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
attach_pid(task, type);
}
+void exchange_tids(struct task_struct *left, struct task_struct *right)
+{
+ struct pid *pid1 = left->thread_pid;
+ struct pid *pid2 = right->thread_pid;
+ struct hlist_head *head1 = &pid1->tasks[PIDTYPE_PID];
+ struct hlist_head *head2 = &pid2->tasks[PIDTYPE_PID];
+
+ /* Swap the single entry tid lists */
+ hlists_swap_heads_rcu(head1, head2);
+
+ /* Swap the per task_struct pid */
+ rcu_assign_pointer(left->thread_pid, pid2);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(right->thread_pid, pid1);
+
+ /* Swap the cached value */
+ WRITE_ONCE(left->pid, pid_nr(pid2));
+ WRITE_ONCE(right->pid, pid_nr(pid1));
+}
+
/* transfer_pid is an optimization of attach_pid(new), detach_pid(old) */
void transfer_pid(struct task_struct *old, struct task_struct *new,
enum pid_type type)