The patch titled freezer_cg: fix improper BUG_ON() causing oops has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is freezer_cg-fix-improper-bug_on-causing-oops.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: freezer_cg: fix improper BUG_ON() causing oops From: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The BUG_ON() should be protected by freezer->lock, otherwise it can be triggered easily when a task has been unfreezed but the corresponding cgroup hasn't been changed to FROZEN state. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup_freezer.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/cgroup_freezer.c~freezer_cg-fix-improper-bug_on-causing-oops kernel/cgroup_freezer.c --- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c~freezer_cg-fix-improper-bug_on-causing-oops +++ a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c @@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_s freezer = task_freezer(task); task_unlock(task); - BUG_ON(freezer->state == CGROUP_FROZEN); spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock); + BUG_ON(freezer->state == CGROUP_FROZEN); + /* Locking avoids race with FREEZING -> THAWED transitions. */ if (freezer->state == CGROUP_FREEZING) freeze_task(task, true); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch freezer_cg-fix-improper-bug_on-causing-oops.patch freezer_cg-remove-redundant-check-in-freezer_can_attach.patch freezer_cg-use-thaw_process-in-unfreeze_cgroup.patch freezer_cg-use-thaw_process-in-unfreeze_cgroup-fix.patch freezer_cg-simplify-freezer_change_state.patch cgroups-tiny-cleanups.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html