Re: [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: make sure a parent css isn't offlined before its children

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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 10:24:16PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 03:31:11PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > There are three subsystem callbacks in css shutdown path -
> > css_offline(), css_released() and css_free().  Except for
> > css_released(), cgroup core didn't use to guarantee the order of
> > invocation.  css_offline() or css_free() could be called on a parent
> > css before its children.  This behavior is unexpected and led to
> > use-after-free in cpu controller.
> > 
> > This patch updates offline path so that a parent css is never offlined
> > before its children.  Each css keeps online_cnt which reaches zero iff
> > itself and all its children are offline and offline_css() is invoked
> > only after online_cnt reaches zero.
> > 
> > This fixes the reported cpu controller malfunction.  The next patch
> > will update css_free() handling.
> 
> No, I need to fix the cpu controller too, because the offending code
> sits off of css_free() (the next patch), but also does a call_rcu() in
> between, which also doesn't guarantee order.

Ah, I see.  Christian, can you please apply all three patches and see
whether the problem gets fixed?  Once verified, I'll update the patch
description and repost.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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