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-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index de0bf2f8d18b..c1d940fbd314 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -678,7 +678,26 @@ static struct file *__pidfd_fget(struct task_struct *task, int fd)
up_read(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
- return file ?: ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+ if (!file) {
+ /*
+ * It is possible that the target thread is exiting; it can be
+ * either:
+ * 1. before exit_signals(), which gives a real fd
+ * 2. before exit_files() takes the task_lock() gives a real fd
+ * 3. after exit_files() releases task_lock(), ->files is NULL;
+ * this has PF_EXITING, since it was set in exit_signals(),
+ * __pidfd_fget() returns EBADF.
+ * In case 3 we get EBADF, but that really means ESRCH, since
+ * the task is currently exiting and has freed its files
+ * struct, so we fix it up.
+ */
+ if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ file = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+ else
+ file = ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+ }
+
+ return file;
}
static int pidfd_getfd(struct pid *pid, int fd)