From 0ab02ca8f887908152d1a96db5130fc661d36a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li Zefan Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:05:46 +0800 Subject: cgroup: protect modifications to cgroup_idr with cgroup_mutex 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: [] dump_stack+0x7a/0x96 [] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0 [] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [] sub_remove+0x87/0x1b0 [] ? css_killed_work_fn+0x32/0x1b0 [] idr_remove+0x25/0xd0 [] cgroup_destroy_css_killed+0x5b/0xc0 [] css_killed_work_fn+0x130/0x1b0 [] process_one_work+0x26c/0x550 [] worker_thread+0x12e/0x3b0 [] kthread+0xe6/0xf0 [] 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 b58c89986a77 ("cgroup: fix error return from cgroup_create()"). Fixes: 4e96ee8e981b ("cgroup: convert cgroup_ida to cgroup_idr") Cc: #3.12+ Reported-by: Michal Hocko Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- include/linux/cgroup.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h index 5c097596104b..9450f025fe0c 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h @@ -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; -- cgit v1.2.3