There was apparently a significant change in ptrace behavior somewhere between 2.6.9 (e.g., RHEL4) and 2.6.18 (e.g., RHEL5) that I couldn't find documented anywhere: ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, application_pid, 0, SIGUSR1) will terminate the application even if the application has SIGUSR1 blocked, whereas ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, application_pid, 0, 0); kill (application_pid, SIGUSR1); will not. Is this a bug or a feature, and when was it introduced? The attached pair of test programs below demonstrate this. Thanks! ...Tom
Created attachment 309666 [details] test case: 2 1-file C programs
Created attachment 328559 [details] proposed patch When the signal to deliver is blocked, use a traditional signal in ptrace_induce_signal() instead of forcefully inject it with utrace_inject_signal().
Made a testcase for this bug, ptrace_cont-defeats-sigblock.c: http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/tests/ptrace-tests/tests/ptrace_cont-defeats-sigblock.c?content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=systemtap
I forgot to signal the patch was posted on rhkl: http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2009-January/msg00459.html
Jerome, if signal is blocked, your patch does prevent signal from being raised, but doesn't it accidentally also forget to make signal pending? IOW: if process will later unblock this signal, will it be immediately raised?
If that signal is blocked, the signal is send through the traditional send_sig() function which will make that signal pending. The test case posted in first comment test that and is successful on patched kernel. Have you noticed any problem with your test case?
No, it was an off-the-cuff comment. Sorry for adding noise. :(
I updated ptrace_cont-defeats-sigblock.c testcase to also check whether signal gets remembered, and whether it will be raised when signal mask is cleared.
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Updating PM score.
in kernel-2.6.18-133.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
(In reply to comment #11) > in kernel-2.6.18-133.el5 > You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Not there yet?
sorry I suck today. the rpms are uploading right now. thanks for catching that. -Don
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html