On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 05:26:34PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote: > Ok the problem is that > > 1. kill_css() triggers css_killed_ref_fn(), which enqueues &css->destroy_work on cgroup_destroy_wq > 2. Last put_css() calls css_release(), which enqueues &css->destroy_work on cgroup_destroy_wq > > We have two instances of the same work struct enqueued on the same WQ (cgroup_destroy_wq), > which causes "BUG: corrupted list in insert_work" #2 shouldn't be happening before kill_ref_fn() is done with the css. If what you're saying is happening, what's broken is the fact that the refcnt is reaching 0 prematurely. > So I think the easiest way to solve this would be to have two separate work_structs, > one for the killed_ref path and css_release path as in: If you do that, you'd just be racing the free path against the kill path and the css might get freed while the kill path is still accessing it. Thanks. -- tejun