From 1ab7c2fc6daf252f20d17949e70829905a7fd72a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 20:17:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ash: while (!got_sig) pause() is not reliable, use sigsuspend() dash was doing it for a reason. Unfortunately, it had no comment why... now I know. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- shell/ash.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c index ecd2146e4..f75642868 100644 --- a/shell/ash.c +++ b/shell/ash.c @@ -3933,6 +3933,8 @@ wait_block_or_sig(int *status) int pid; do { + sigset_t mask; + /* Poll all children for changes in their state */ got_sigchld = 0; /* if job control is active, accept stopped processes too */ @@ -3941,14 +3943,13 @@ wait_block_or_sig(int *status) break; /* Error (e.g. EINTR, ECHILD) or pid */ /* Children exist, but none are ready. Sleep until interesting signal */ -#if 0 /* dash does this */ - sigset_t mask; +#if 1 sigfillset(&mask); sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, &mask); while (!got_sigchld && !pending_sig) sigsuspend(&mask); sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, NULL); -#else +#else /* unsafe: a signal can set pending_sig after check, but before pause() */ while (!got_sigchld && !pending_sig) pause(); #endif @@ -3987,9 +3988,9 @@ dowait(int block, struct job *job) * either enter a sleeping waitpid() (BUG), or need to busy-loop. * * Because of this, we run inside INT_OFF, but use a special routine - * which combines waitpid() and pause(). + * which combines waitpid() and sigsuspend(). * This is the reason why we need to have a handler for SIGCHLD: - * SIG_DFL handler does not wake pause(). + * SIG_DFL handler does not wake sigsuspend(). */ INT_OFF; if (block == DOWAIT_BLOCK_OR_SIG) {