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1 /*
2  * a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately
3  *
4  * From the mainline commit 5fdee8c4a5e1800489ce61963208f8cc55e42ea1:
5  *
6  * A program that repeatedly forks and waits is susceptible to having
7  * the same pid repeated, especially when it competes with another
8  * instance of the same program.  This is really bad for bash
9  * implementation.  Furthermore, many shell scripts assume that pid
10  * numbers will not be used for some length of time.
11  *
12  * Race Description:
13  *
14  * A                                B
15  *
16  * // pid == offset == n            // pid == offset == n + 1
17  * test_and_set_bit(offset, map->page)
18  *                                  test_and_set_bit(offset, map->page);
19  *                                  pid_ns->last_pid = pid;
20  * pid_ns->last_pid = pid;
21  *                                  // pid == n + 1 is freed (wait())
22  *
23  *                                  // Next fork()...
24  *                                  last = pid_ns->last_pid; // == n
25  *                                  pid = last + 1;
26  *
27  * Copyright (C) 2010  Red Hat, Inc.
28  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
29  * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
30  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
31  *
32  * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
33  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
34  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
35  *
36  * Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it
37  * is free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding
38  * infringement or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether
39  * implied or otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent
40  * licenses, if any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of
41  * this program with other software, or any other product whatsoever.
42  *
43  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
44  * along with this program; if not, write the Free Software
45  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
46  * 02110-1301, USA.
47  */
48 
49 #include <sys/types.h>
50 #include <sys/stat.h>
51 #include <sys/wait.h>
52 #include <fcntl.h>
53 #include <errno.h>
54 #include <unistd.h>
55 #include <stdio.h>
56 #include <stdlib.h>
57 #include "test.h"
58 
59 char *TCID = "fork13";
60 int TST_TOTAL = 1;
61 
62 static unsigned long pid_max;
63 
64 #define PID_MAX_PATH "/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max"
65 #define PID_MAX 32768
66 #define RETURN 256
67 
68 static void setup(void);
69 static int pid_distance(pid_t first, pid_t second);
70 static void cleanup(void);
71 static void check(void);
72 
main(int argc,char * argv[])73 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
74 {
75 	tst_parse_opts(argc, argv, NULL, NULL);
76 	setup();
77 	check();
78 	cleanup();
79 	tst_exit();
80 }
81 
check(void)82 static void check(void)
83 {
84 	long lc;
85 	pid_t last_pid = 0;
86 	pid_t pid;
87 	int child_exit_code, distance, reaped, status;
88 
89 	for (lc = 0; TEST_LOOPING(lc); lc++) {
90 		tst_count = 0;
91 		child_exit_code = lc % RETURN;
92 		switch (pid = fork()) {
93 		case -1:
94 			tst_brkm(TBROK | TERRNO, cleanup, "fork");
95 		case 0:
96 			exit(child_exit_code);
97 		default:
98 			if (lc > 0) {
99 				distance = pid_distance(last_pid, pid);
100 				if (distance == 0) {
101 					tst_resm(TFAIL,
102 						 "Unexpected pid sequence: "
103 						 "previous fork: pid=%d, "
104 						 "current fork: pid=%d for "
105 						 "iteration=%ld.", last_pid,
106 						 pid, lc);
107 					return;
108 				}
109 			}
110 			last_pid = pid;
111 
112 			reaped = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
113 			if (reaped != pid) {
114 				tst_resm(TFAIL,
115 					 "Wait return value: expected pid=%d, "
116 					 "got %d, iteration %ld.", pid, reaped,
117 					 lc);
118 				return;
119 			} else if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != child_exit_code) {
120 				tst_resm(TFAIL, "Unexpected exit status %x, "
121 					 "iteration %ld.", WEXITSTATUS(status),
122 					 lc);
123 				return;
124 			}
125 		}
126 	}
127 	tst_resm(TPASS, "%ld pids forked, all passed", lc);
128 }
129 
setup(void)130 static void setup(void)
131 {
132 	tst_require_root();
133 
134 	tst_sig(FORK, DEF_HANDLER, cleanup);
135 	TEST_PAUSE;
136 
137 	/* Backup pid_max value. */
138 	SAFE_FILE_SCANF(NULL, PID_MAX_PATH, "%lu", &pid_max);
139 
140 	SAFE_FILE_PRINTF(NULL, PID_MAX_PATH, "%d", PID_MAX);
141 }
142 
cleanup(void)143 static void cleanup(void)
144 {
145 	/* Restore pid_max value. */
146 	FILE_PRINTF(PID_MAX_PATH, "%lu", pid_max);
147 }
148 
149 /* The distance mod PIDMAX between two pids, where the first pid is
150    expected to be smaller than the second. */
pid_distance(pid_t first,pid_t second)151 static int pid_distance(pid_t first, pid_t second)
152 {
153 	return (second + PID_MAX - first) % PID_MAX;
154 }
155