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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cgroup.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index 12c07e8fd69c..1626152dcc1e 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -2102,10 +2102,14 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader) if (retval) goto out_free_group_list; - /* prevent changes to the threadgroup list while we take a snapshot. */ - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); tsk = leader; i = 0; + /* + * Prevent freeing of tasks while we take a snapshot. Tasks that are + * already PF_EXITING could be freed from underneath us unless we + * take an rcu_read_lock. + */ + rcu_read_lock(); do { struct task_and_cgroup ent; @@ -2128,11 +2132,11 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader) BUG_ON(retval != 0); i++; } while_each_thread(leader, tsk); + rcu_read_unlock(); /* remember the number of threads in the array for later. */ group_size = i; tset.tc_array = group; tset.tc_array_len = group_size; - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); /* methods shouldn't be called if no task is actually migrating */ retval = 0; |
