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cgroup: protect modifications to cgroup_idr with cgroup_mutex
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Setup cgroupfs like this:
  # mount -t cgroup -o cpuacct xxx /cgroup
  # mkdir /cgroup/sub1
  # mkdir /cgroup/sub2

Then run these two commands:
  # for ((; ;)) { mkdir /cgroup/sub1/tmp && rmdir /mnt/sub1/tmp; } &
  # for ((; ;)) { mkdir /cgroup/sub2/tmp && rmdir /mnt/sub2/tmp; } &

After seconds you may see this warning:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 25243 at lib/idr.c:527 sub_remove+0x87/0x1b0()
idr_remove called for id=6 which is not allocated.
...
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8156063c>] dump_stack+0x7a/0x96
 [<ffffffff810591ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0
 [<ffffffff81059296>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
 [<ffffffff81300aa7>] sub_remove+0x87/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff810f3f02>] ? css_killed_work_fn+0x32/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff81300bf5>] idr_remove+0x25/0xd0
 [<ffffffff810f2bab>] cgroup_destroy_css_killed+0x5b/0xc0
 [<ffffffff810f4000>] css_killed_work_fn+0x130/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8107cdbc>] process_one_work+0x26c/0x550
 [<ffffffff8107eefe>] worker_thread+0x12e/0x3b0
 [<ffffffff81085f96>] kthread+0xe6/0xf0
 [<ffffffff81570bac>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
---[ end trace 2d1577ec10cf80d0 ]---

It's because allocating/removing cgroup ID is not properly synchronized.

The bug was introduced when we converted cgroup_ida to cgroup_idr.
While synchronization is already done inside ida_simple_{get,remove}(),
users are responsible for concurrent calls to idr_{alloc,remove}().

tj: Refreshed on top of b58c899 ("cgroup: fix error return from
cgroup_create()").

Fixes: 4e96ee8 ("cgroup: convert cgroup_ida to cgroup_idr")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> #3.12+
Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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lizf-os authored and htejun committed Feb 11, 2014
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/cgroup.h
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Expand Up @@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ struct cgroup {
*
* The ID of the root cgroup is always 0, and a new cgroup
* will be assigned with a smallest available ID.
*
* Allocating/Removing ID must be protected by cgroup_mutex.
*/
int id;

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34 changes: 18 additions & 16 deletions kernel/cgroup.c
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Expand Up @@ -886,7 +886,9 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
* per-subsystem and moved to css->id so that lookups are
* successful until the target css is released.
*/
mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
idr_remove(&cgrp->root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
cgrp->id = -1;

call_rcu(&cgrp->rcu_head, cgroup_free_rcu);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4167,16 +4169,6 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
}
rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->name, name);

/*
* Temporarily set the pointer to NULL, so idr_find() won't return
* a half-baked cgroup.
*/
cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (cgrp->id < 0) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err_free_name;
}

/*
* Only live parents can have children. Note that the liveliness
* check isn't strictly necessary because cgroup_mkdir() and
Expand All @@ -4186,7 +4178,17 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
*/
if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(parent)) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto err_free_id;
goto err_free_name;
}

/*
* Temporarily set the pointer to NULL, so idr_find() won't return
* a half-baked cgroup.
*/
cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (cgrp->id < 0) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err_unlock;
}

/* Grab a reference on the superblock so the hierarchy doesn't
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4218,7 +4220,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
*/
err = cgroup_create_file(dentry, S_IFDIR | mode, sb);
if (err < 0)
goto err_unlock;
goto err_free_id;
lockdep_assert_held(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);

cgrp->serial_nr = cgroup_serial_nr_next++;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4254,12 +4256,12 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,

return 0;

err_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
/* Release the reference count that we took on the superblock */
deactivate_super(sb);
err_free_id:
idr_remove(&root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
/* Release the reference count that we took on the superblock */
deactivate_super(sb);
err_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
err_free_name:
kfree(rcu_dereference_raw(cgrp->name));
err_free_cgrp:
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