exec: Add exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex
The cred_guard_mutex is problematic as it is held over possibly indefinite waits for userspace. The possible indefinite waits for userspace that I have identified are: The cred_guard_mutex is held in PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT waiting for the tracer. The cred_guard_mutex is held over "put_user(0, tsk->clear_child_tid)" in exit_mm(). The cred_guard_mutex is held over "get_user(futex_offset, ...") in exit_robust_list. The cred_guard_mutex held over copy_strings. The functions get_user and put_user can trigger a page fault which can potentially wait indefinitely in the case of userfaultfd or if userspace implements part of the page fault path. In any of those cases the userspace process that the kernel is waiting for might make a different system call that winds up taking the cred_guard_mutex and result in deadlock. Holding a mutex over any of those possibly indefinite waits for userspace does not appear necessary. Add exec_update_mutex that will just c...
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