The test_cgcore_no_internal_process_constraint_on_threads selftest when running with subsystem controlling noise triggers two warnings: > [ 597.443115] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 28167 at kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3131 cgroup_apply_control_enable+0xe0/0x3f0 > [ 597.443413] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 28167 at kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3177 cgroup_apply_control_disable+0xa6/0x160 Both stem from a call to cgroup_type_write. The first warning was also triggered by syzkaller. When we're switching cgroup to threaded mode shortly after a subsystem was disabled on it, we can see the respective subsystem css dying there. The warning in cgroup_apply_control_enable is harmless in this case since we're not adding new subsys anyway. The warning in cgroup_apply_control_disable indicates an attempt to kill css of recently disabled subsystem repeatedly. The commit prevents these situations by making cgroup_type_write wait for all dying csses to go away before re-applying subtree controls. When at it, the locations of WARN_ON_ONCE calls are moved so that warning is triggered only when we are about to misuse the dying css. Reported-by: syzbot+5493b2a54d31d6aea629@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 53098c1d45e2..97cc713079df 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -3054,8 +3054,6 @@ static int cgroup_apply_control_enable(struct cgroup *cgrp) for_each_subsys(ss, ssid) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = cgroup_css(dsct, ss); - WARN_ON_ONCE(css && percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt)); - if (!(cgroup_ss_mask(dsct) & (1 << ss->id))) continue; @@ -3065,6 +3063,8 @@ static int cgroup_apply_control_enable(struct cgroup *cgrp) return PTR_ERR(css); } + WARN_ON_ONCE(percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt)); + if (css_visible(css)) { ret = css_populate_dir(css); if (ret) @@ -3100,11 +3100,11 @@ static void cgroup_apply_control_disable(struct cgroup *cgrp) for_each_subsys(ss, ssid) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = cgroup_css(dsct, ss); - WARN_ON_ONCE(css && percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt)); - if (!css) continue; + WARN_ON_ONCE(percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt)); + if (css->parent && !(cgroup_ss_mask(dsct) & (1 << ss->id))) { kill_css(css); @@ -3391,7 +3391,8 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_type_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf, if (strcmp(strstrip(buf), "threaded")) return -EINVAL; - cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false); + /* drain dying csses before we re-apply (threaded) subtree control */ + cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, true); if (!cgrp) return -ENOENT; -- 2.24.1