From 3fa59dfbc3b223f02c26593be69ce6fc9a940405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:36:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] cgroup: fix potential deadlock in pre_destroy As Balbir pointed out, memcg's pre_destroy handler has potential deadlock. It has following lock sequence. cgroup_mutex (cgroup_rmdir) -> pre_destroy -> mem_cgroup_pre_destroy-> force_empty -> cpu_hotplug.lock. (lru_add_drain_all-> schedule_work-> get_online_cpus) But, cpuset has following. cpu_hotplug.lock (call notifier) -> cgroup_mutex. (within notifier) Then, this lock sequence should be fixed. Considering how pre_destroy works, it's not necessary to holding cgroup_mutex() while calling it. As a side effect, we don't have to wait at this mutex while memcg's force_empty works.(it can be long when there are tons of pages.) Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Acked-by: Balbir Singh Cc: Li Zefan Cc: Paul Menage Cc: Daisuke Nishimura Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/cgroup.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index 358e77564e6..1a06be61dcd 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -2472,10 +2472,7 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry) mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); return -EBUSY; } - - parent = cgrp->parent; - root = cgrp->root; - sb = root->sb; + mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); /* * Call pre_destroy handlers of subsys. Notify subsystems @@ -2483,7 +2480,14 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry) */ cgroup_call_pre_destroy(cgrp); - if (cgroup_has_css_refs(cgrp)) { + mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex); + parent = cgrp->parent; + root = cgrp->root; + sb = root->sb; + + if (atomic_read(&cgrp->count) + || !list_empty(&cgrp->children) + || cgroup_has_css_refs(cgrp)) { mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); return -EBUSY; }