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taskstats: Cleanup the use of task->exit_code
authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Mon, 3 Jan 2022 17:32:36 +0000 (11:32 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:58:39 +0000 (11:58 +0100)
commitc6055df602b9e9ed9427b7bb9088c75cb5cf6350
tree707e1969e5f749b6d6eeac0b6a671eb8dfbda83e
parentbbf7a1a2fc64d89896ba5eba494a40ca151a2675
taskstats: Cleanup the use of task->exit_code

commit 1b5a42d9c85f0e731f01c8d1129001fd8531a8a0 upstream.

In the function bacct_add_task the code reading task->exit_code was
introduced in commit f3cef7a99469 ("[PATCH] csa: basic accounting over
taskstats"), and it is not entirely clear what the taskstats interface
is trying to return as only returning the exit_code of the first task
in a process doesn't make a lot of sense.

As best as I can figure the intent is to return task->exit_code after
a task exits.  The field is returned with per task fields, so the
exit_code of the entire process is not wanted.  Only the value of the
first task is returned so this is not a useful way to get the per task
ptrace stop code.  The ordinary case of returning this value is
returning after a task exits, which also precludes use for getting
a ptrace value.

It is common to for the first task of a process to also be the last
task of a process so this field may have done something reasonable by
accident in testing.

Make ac_exitcode a reliable per task value by always returning it for
every exited task.

Setting ac_exitcode in a sensible mannter makes it possible to continue
to provide this value going forward.

Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Fixes: f3cef7a99469 ("[PATCH] csa: basic accounting over taskstats")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220103213312.9144-5-ebiederm@xmission.com
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
[sudip: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/tsacct.c