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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/signal.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 09019017d669..3035bebd7075 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -2329,10 +2329,22 @@ static int ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int why, unsigned long message, do_notify_parent_cldstop(current, false, why); /* - * Don't want to allow preemption here, because - * sys_ptrace() needs this task to be inactive. + * The previous do_notify_parent_cldstop() invocation woke ptracer. + * One a PREEMPTION kernel this can result in preemption requirement + * which will be fulfilled after read_unlock() and the ptracer will be + * put on the CPU. + * The ptracer is in wait_task_inactive(, __TASK_TRACED) waiting for + * this task wait in schedule(). If this task gets preempted then it + * remains enqueued on the runqueue. The ptracer will observe this and + * then sleep for a delay of one HZ tick. In the meantime this task + * gets scheduled, enters schedule() and will wait for the ptracer. * - * XXX: implement read_unlock_no_resched(). + * This preemption point is not bad from a correctness point of + * view but extends the runtime by one HZ tick time due to the + * ptracer's sleep. The preempt-disable section ensures that there + * will be no preemption between unlock and schedule() and so + * improving the performance since the ptracer will observe that + * the tracee is scheduled out once it gets on the CPU. */ preempt_disable(); read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); |