[lxc-devel] [PATCH] lxc_setup_tios(): Ignore SIGTTOU and SIGTTIN signals

Thomas Jarosch thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com
Thu Feb 2 11:48:35 UTC 2017


Prevent an endless loop while executing lxc-attach in the background:

The kernel might fire SIGTTOU while an ioctl() in tcsetattr()
is executed. When the ioctl() is resumed and retries,
the signal handler interrupts it again.

We can't configure the TTY to stop sending
the signals in the first place since that
is a modification/write to the TTY already.

Still we clear the TOSTOP flag to prevent further signals.

Command to reproduce the hang:
----------------------------
cat > lxc_hang.sh << EOF
/usr/bin/timeout 5s /usr/bin/lxc-attach -n SOMECONTAINER -- /bin/true
EOF
sh lxc_hang.sh    # hangs
----------------------------

Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com>
---
 src/lxc/console.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lxc/console.c b/src/lxc/console.c
index 908ead0a..4f2357fa 100644
--- a/src/lxc/console.c
+++ b/src/lxc/console.c
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ int lxc_setup_tios(int fd, struct termios *oldtios)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/* ensure we don't end up in an endless loop:
+	 * The kernel might fire SIGTTOU while an
+	 * ioctl() in tcsetattr() is executed. When the ioctl()
+	 * is resumed and retries, the signal handler interrupts it again.
+	 */
+	signal (SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN);
+	signal (SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN);
+
 	newtios = *oldtios;
 
 	/* We use the same settings that ssh does. */
@@ -265,7 +273,7 @@ int lxc_setup_tios(int fd, struct termios *oldtios)
 #ifdef IUCLC
 	newtios.c_iflag &= ~IUCLC;
 #endif
-	newtios.c_lflag &= ~(ISIG | ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ECHOK | ECHONL);
+	newtios.c_lflag &= ~(TOSTOP | ISIG | ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ECHOK | ECHONL);
 #ifdef IEXTEN
 	newtios.c_lflag &= ~IEXTEN;
 #endif
-- 
2.11.0



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