On 2013/2/18 18:36, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 02:12:23PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote: >> commit 205a872bd6f9a9a09ef035ef1e90185a8245cc58 ("cgroup: fix lockdep >> warning for event_control") solved a deadlock by introducing a new >> bug. >> >> Move cgrp->event_list to a temporary list doesn't mean you can traverse >> this list locklessly, because at the same time cgroup_event_wake() can >> be called and remove the event from the list. The result of this race >> is disastrous. >> >> We adopt the way how kvm irqfd code implements race-free event removal, >> which is now described in the comments in cgroup_event_wake(). >> >> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> kernel/cgroup.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- >> 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c >> index 26c071c..65c8101 100644 >> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c >> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c >> @@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ struct cgroup_event { >> */ >> struct list_head list; >> /* >> + * Need to notify userspace when this event is removed? >> + */ >> + bool signal_on_remove; >> + /* >> * All fields below needed to unregister event when >> * userspace closes eventfd. >> */ >> @@ -3833,8 +3837,17 @@ static void cgroup_event_remove(struct work_struct *work) >> remove); >> struct cgroup *cgrp = event->cgrp; >> >> + remove_wait_queue(event->wqh, &event->wait); >> + >> event->cft->unregister_event(cgrp, event->cft, event->eventfd); >> >> + /* >> + * If this event is to be removed due to cgroup removal, >> + * we notify userspace. >> + */ >> + if (event->signal_on_remove) >> + eventfd_signal(event->eventfd, 1); > > It's safe to notify anyway, isn't it? Let's just drop signal_on_remove. > should be. just tried to be conservative to make sure I fix the bug without changing any behavior. > Otherwise, look good. > > Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cgroups" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html