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Thread waiting for the vfork(2)-ed child to exec or exit, must allow

Description

Thread waiting for the vfork(2)-ed child to exec or exit, must allow
for the suspension.

Currently, the loop performs uninterruptible cv_wait(9) call, which
prevents suspension until child allows further execution of parent.
If child is stopped, suspension or single-threading is delayed
indefinitely.

Create a helper thread_suspend_check_needed() to identify the need for
a call to thread_suspend_check(). It is required since call to the
thread_suspend_check() cannot be safely done while owning the child
(p2) process lock. Only when suspension is needed, drop p2 lock and
call thread_suspend_check(). Perform wait for cv with timeout, in
case suspend is requested after wait started; I do not see a better
way to interrupt the wait.

Reported and tested by: pho
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week

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kibAuthored on Dec 8 2014, 4:18 PM
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rGaba1ca528ec9: When process is exiting, check for suspension regardless of
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