Commit bfb0b80db5f9 is broken. Now we try to fix the race by delaying
the initialization of cgroup root refcnt until a superblock has been
allocated.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.16+
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
I agree we apply this for 4.12.
Again I didn't receive your reply. I believe the problem is in my side.
I'll see if there's some network administrator who can look into this
issue, but I don't have much hope...
---
kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h | 2 +-
kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 8 ++++----
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
index 9203bfb..e470268 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-internal.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int cgroup_path_ns_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, size_t buflen,
void cgroup_free_root(struct cgroup_root *root);
void init_cgroup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts);
-int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask);
+int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask, int ref_flags);
int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroup_root *dst_root, u16 ss_mask);
struct dentry *cgroup_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
struct cgroup_root *root, unsigned long magic,
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 1dc22f6..6ca9b12 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ struct dentry *cgroup1_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
struct dentry *dentry;
int i, ret;
+ bool new_root = false;
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline(&cgrp_dfl_root.cgrp);
@@ -1181,10 +1182,11 @@ struct dentry *cgroup1_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
}
+ new_root = true;
init_cgroup_root(root, &opts);
- ret = cgroup_setup_root(root, opts.subsys_mask);
+ ret = cgroup_setup_root(root, opts.subsys_mask, PERCPU_REF_INIT_DEAD);
if (ret)
cgroup_free_root(root);
@@ -1201,6 +1203,18 @@ struct dentry *cgroup1_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
CGROUP_SUPER_MAGIC, ns);
/*
+ * There's a race window after we release cgroup_mutex and before
+ * allocating a superblock. Make sure a concurrent process won't
+ * be able to re-use the root during this window by delaying the
+ * initialization of root refcnt.
+ */
+ if (new_root) {
+ mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
+ percpu_ref_reinit(&root->cgrp.self.refcnt);
+ mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
+ }
+
+ /*
* If @pinned_sb, we're reusing an existing root and holding an
* extra ref on its sb. Mount is complete. Put the extra ref.
*/
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4885132..0f98010 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ void init_cgroup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
set_bit(CGRP_CPUSET_CLONE_CHILDREN, &root->cgrp.flags);
}
-int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask)
+int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask, int ref_flags)
{
LIST_HEAD(tmp_links);
struct cgroup *root_cgrp = &root->cgrp;
@@ -1656,8 +1656,8 @@ int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask)
root_cgrp->id = ret;
root_cgrp->ancestor_ids[0] = ret;
- ret = percpu_ref_init(&root_cgrp->self.refcnt, css_release, 0,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ ret = percpu_ref_init(&root_cgrp->self.refcnt, css_release,
+ ref_flags, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ret)
goto out;
@@ -4512,7 +4512,7 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
hash_add(css_set_table, &init_css_set.hlist,
css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys));
- BUG_ON(cgroup_setup_root(&cgrp_dfl_root, 0));
+ BUG_ON(cgroup_setup_root(&cgrp_dfl_root, 0, 0));
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
--
1.8.3.1
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