memset(s->addr, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
+ tsk->stack = s->addr;
return s->addr;
}
posix_cpu_timers_init(p);
- p->start_time = ktime_get_ns();
- p->real_start_time = ktime_get_boot_ns();
p->io_context = NULL;
audit_set_context(p, NULL);
cgroup_fork(p);
if (retval)
goto bad_fork_free_pid;
+ /*
+ * From this point on we must avoid any synchronous user-space
+ * communication until we take the tasklist-lock. In particular, we do
+ * not want user-space to be able to predict the process start-time by
+ * stalling fork(2) after we recorded the start_time but before it is
+ * visible to the system.
+ */
+
+ p->start_time = ktime_get_ns();
+ p->real_start_time = ktime_get_boot_ns();
+
/*
* Make it visible to the rest of the system, but dont wake it up yet.
* Need tasklist lock for parent etc handling!