When the init of a pid namespace exits, zap_pid_ns_processes() waits until every other pid in the namespace has been freed. That wait has no upper bound: a tracer outside the namespace that doesn't reap its traced zombies keeps their pids allocated (see the comment above the final loop). While a task waits there, every suspend attempt fails: Freezing user space processes failed after 20.006 seconds (2 tasks refusing to freeze, wq_busy=0): task:pidns-freeze-re state:S stack:14200 pid:104 tgid:104 ppid:99 task_flags:0x40014c flags:0x00080000 task:pidns-freeze-re state:S stack:14160 pid:109 tgid:105 ppid:104 task_flags:0x40044c flags:0x00080802 and keeps failing until the tracer reaps or exits, because neither wait can be frozen: - The first loop sleeps in kernel_wait4(). The freezer's fake signal ends that wait with -ERESTARTSYS, then the loop clears TIF_SIGPENDING and waits again without ever calling try_to_freeze(). - The final loop sleeps in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE without TASK_FREEZABLE. Worse, nothing clears the TIF_SIGPENDING that the fake signal set, so from the first suspend attempt on schedule() returns at once and the task spins at 100% CPU for as long as the wait lasts. Neither loop has ever been freezable. The spin came with commit b9a985db9896 ("pid_ns: Sleep in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE in zap_pid_ns_processes"), which replaced TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE to keep such long waits from triggering the hung task detector. This happens in practice with Chromium-based browsers, whose renderers are pid namespace inits. If a renderer crashes while the browser shuts down, crashpad (outside the namespace) ptrace-attaches its threads to dump it. When the renderer is SIGKILLed mid-dump, crashpad keeps the dead threads as unreaped traced zombies, and it can then block in waitpid() on the renderer's last thread, which is itself waiting in zap_pid_ns_processes() for those zombies. One such renderer blocks suspend system-wide until crashpad is killed or the machine reboots. The userspace side is being reported to Chromium separately. Call try_to_freeze() after kernel_wait4() in the first loop, and sleep in TASK_IDLE | TASK_FREEZABLE in the final loop, as coredump_task_exit() already does on the same exit path. Like TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, TASK_IDLE keeps the hung task detector quiet and adds no load, but it is not woken by signals, so a pending signal can no longer turn the wait into a busy loop. TASK_FREEZABLE lets the freezer freeze the task in place; a free_pid() wakeup that arrives while it is frozen is kept in ->saved_state and acted on at thaw. Tested on v7.3-rc5 in QEMU with PROVE_LOCKING, DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP and DETECT_HUNG_TASK (10 s timeout), using a reproducer in which a tracer PTRACE_SEIZEs two threads of a nested pid namespace init and doesn't reap them (it works unprivileged too, from a user namespace), and using the real browser and crashpad trigger: - before: freezing fails after 20 s, and afterwards the final loop spins (500 ticks of system time per 5 s). - after: freezing completes in 0.001 s, the waiting task sits in state I without using CPU, no hung task or lockdep report appears over 30-45 s, and the task exits as soon as the zombies are reaped. Fixes: 3eb07c8c8adb ("pid namespaces: destroy pid namespace on init's death") Fixes: b9a985db9896 ("pid_ns: Sleep in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE in zap_pid_ns_processes") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.1+ Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 Signed-off-by: Aviv Vaknin --- Based on vfs kernel-7.4.signal (also in next-20260930), on top of 5c0985dd3c32 ("pid_namespace: prevent TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL from interrupting the reaper"). That commit keeps TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL from waking the reaper; this one is about the freezer, whose fake signal sets TIF_SIGPENDING, which the guard doesn't cover. Retested on this base with the reproducer below (same debug config): freezing completes in 0.000 s, no spin, no warnings. A version for v7.3-rc5 is available if wanted. Reproducer (run as root in a VM, then follow its instructions): // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 /* * pidns-freeze-repro: a task waiting in zap_pid_ns_processes() blocks suspend. * * main (tracer, root pid ns) * `- A: pid 1 of pid ns A, single-threaded * `- B: pid 1 of nested pid ns B, multithreaded * * main PTRACE_SEIZEs non-leader threads of B, then A exits. zap(A) kills B; * the seized threads stay traced zombies until main reaps them, keeping ns B's * pids allocated. B's last thread waits in zap's final loop, A in zap's first * loop (kernel_wait4() for B). While "stuck" is shown, run as root: * echo freezer > /sys/power/pm_test; echo mem > /sys/power/state * Unpatched, freezing fails after 20 s ("2 tasks refusing to freeze") and B's * thread then busy-loops in zap. At the end main reaps, ending the hang. * * Build: gcc -O2 -Wall -pthread -o pidns-freeze-repro pidns-freeze-repro.c * Usage: ./pidns-freeze-repro [hold_seconds] (root, in a VM; default: Enter) * With -DUSERNS, A also gets a new user ns, so no privilege is needed. */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #ifdef USERNS #define NS_FLAGS (CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWPID) #else #define NS_FLAGS CLONE_NEWPID #endif #define NTHREADS 4 /* B's threads besides its leader */ #define NSEIZE 2 /* how many of them main seizes */ static int ready[2], go[2]; /* B -> main: threads are up; main -> A: exit */ static char stack_a[256 << 10], stack_b[256 << 10]; static void *idle_thread(void *arg) { for (;;) pause(); return arg; } static int init_b(void *arg) /* pid 1 of ns B */ { pthread_t t; for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++) pthread_create(&t, NULL, idle_thread, arg); if (write(ready[1], "r", 1) != 1) _exit(1); for (;;) pause(); } static int init_a(void *arg) /* pid 1 of ns A */ { close(go[1]); /* only main may hold the write end */ if (clone(init_b, stack_b + sizeof(stack_b), CLONE_NEWPID | SIGCHLD, arg) < 0) _exit(1); while (read(go[0], &arg, 1) > 0) /* EOF: main has seized */ ; _exit(0); /* -> zap_pid_ns_processes(A) */ } /* Read a small /proc file into buf ("" if it is gone). */ static char *slurp(char *buf, size_t len, const char *fmt, ...) { char path[300]; va_list ap; FILE *f; va_start(ap, fmt); vsnprintf(path, sizeof(path), fmt, ap); va_end(ap); buf[0] = 0; if ((f = fopen(path, "r"))) { buf[fread(buf, 1, len - 1, f)] = 0; fclose(f); } return buf; } /* Global pid of A's child B: the process whose PPid is A. */ static pid_t child_of(pid_t parent) { DIR *d = opendir("/proc"); struct dirent *e; char buf[512], *p; int ppid; while (d && (e = readdir(d))) { p = strrchr(slurp(buf, sizeof(buf), "/proc/%s/stat", e->d_name), ')'); if (p && sscanf(p + 2, "%*c %d", &ppid) == 1 && ppid == parent) return atoi(e->d_name); /* (leaks d; fine here) */ } return -1; } /* Print a task's state and wchan; return whether it is exiting (PF_EXITING). */ static int show(const char *what, pid_t pid, pid_t tid) { char st[512], wchan[64], *p, c = '?'; unsigned int flags = 0; p = strrchr(slurp(st, sizeof(st), "/proc/%d/task/%d/stat", pid, tid), ')'); if (p) sscanf(p + 2, "%c %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %u", &c, &flags); slurp(wchan, sizeof(wchan), "/proc/%d/task/%d/wchan", pid, tid); printf(" %s tid %d: state %c, flags %#x, wchan %s\n", what, tid, c, flags, wchan); return flags & 0x4; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { pid_t a, b, tid, seized[NSEIZE]; int n = 0, status; struct dirent *e; char buf[64]; DIR *d; if (pipe(ready) || pipe(go)) return perror("pipe"), 1; if ((a = clone(init_a, stack_a + sizeof(stack_a), NS_FLAGS | SIGCHLD, NULL)) < 0) return perror("clone (run as root)"), 1; if (read(ready[0], buf, 1) != 1 || (b = child_of(a)) < 0) return fprintf(stderr, "setup failed\n"), 1; /* From outside both namespaces, seize non-leader threads of B. */ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/proc/%d/task", b); for (d = opendir(buf); d && (e = readdir(d)) && n < NSEIZE; ) if ((tid = atoi(e->d_name)) > 0 && tid != b && !ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, tid, 0, 0)) seized[n++] = tid; printf("A=%d B=%d: seized %d threads of B\n", a, b, n); close(go[1]); /* A exits now */ sleep(2); if (!n || waitpid(a, &status, WNOHANG) != 0 || !show("A", a, a)) return printf("not reproduced\n"), 1; for (rewinddir(d); (e = readdir(d)); ) if ((tid = atoi(e->d_name)) > 0) show("B", b, tid); printf("stuck: A and B can't finish exiting until main reaps its %d traced threads\n", n); printf("now run: echo freezer > /sys/power/pm_test; echo mem > /sys/power/state\n"); fflush(stdout); if (argc > 1) sleep(atoi(argv[1])); else getchar(); /* Reap the traced zombies: ns B empties, then B and A finish exiting. */ for (int i = 0, left = n; left && i < 500; i++, usleep(10000)) for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) if (seized[k] && waitpid(seized[k], &status, __WALL | WNOHANG) == seized[k]) seized[k] = 0, left--; for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++, usleep(10000)) if (waitpid(a, &status, WNOHANG) == a) return printf("reaped the zombies: hang resolved\n"), 0; printf("still stuck after reaping\n"); return 2; } kernel/pid_namespace.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c index 8bc9edb40..abdc05462 100644 --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include "pid_sysctl.h" @@ -243,6 +244,11 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns) do { clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING); rc = kernel_wait4(-1, NULL, __WALL, NULL); + /* + * The freezer's fake signal ends the wait with -ERESTARTSYS; + * freeze here, or one stuck pid namespace blocks suspend. + */ + try_to_freeze(); } while (rc != -ECHILD); /* @@ -269,7 +275,13 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns) * free_pid() will awaken this task. */ for (;;) { - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + /* + * TASK_IDLE: no hung task warning or load for a wait that can + * last as long as a tracer keeps a zombie, and a pending signal + * (e.g. the freezer's fake one) can't turn it into a busy loop. + * TASK_FREEZABLE: let the freezer freeze us while we wait. + */ + set_current_state(TASK_IDLE | TASK_FREEZABLE); if (pid_ns->pid_allocated == init_pids) break; schedule(); base-commit: ed14a591175bb5f56c2936b082cffb9e4b935e6d -- 2.55.0