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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cgroup.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index bc3caff138d8..dae50d0d8e4b 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -4556,20 +4556,31 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_cgroupstats_operations = { * * A pointer to the shared css_set was automatically copied in * fork.c by dup_task_struct(). However, we ignore that copy, since - * it was not made under the protection of RCU or cgroup_mutex, so - * might no longer be a valid cgroup pointer. cgroup_attach_task() might - * have already changed current->cgroups, allowing the previously - * referenced cgroup group to be removed and freed. + * it was not made under the protection of RCU, cgroup_mutex or + * threadgroup_change_begin(), so it might no longer be a valid + * cgroup pointer. cgroup_attach_task() might have already changed + * current->cgroups, allowing the previously referenced cgroup + * group to be removed and freed. + * + * Outside the pointer validity we also need to process the css_set + * inheritance between threadgoup_change_begin() and + * threadgoup_change_end(), this way there is no leak in any process + * wide migration performed by cgroup_attach_proc() that could otherwise + * miss a thread because it is too early or too late in the fork stage. * * At the point that cgroup_fork() is called, 'current' is the parent * task, and the passed argument 'child' points to the child task. */ void cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *child) { - task_lock(current); + /* + * We don't need to task_lock() current because current->cgroups + * can't be changed concurrently here. The parent obviously hasn't + * exited and called cgroup_exit(), and we are synchronized against + * cgroup migration through threadgroup_change_begin(). + */ child->cgroups = current->cgroups; get_css_set(child->cgroups); - task_unlock(current); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->cg_list); } |
