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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:54:42 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	PeterZijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	ChristophLameter <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: [PATCH] memcg: Fix race condition in memcg_check_events() with
 this_cpu usage

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>

The code in memcg_check_events() calls this_cpu_read() on
different variables without disabling preemption, and can cause
the calculations to be done from two different CPU variables.

Disable preemption throughout the check to keep apples and oranges
from becoming a mixed drink.

[ Added this_cpu to __this_cpu conversion by Johannes ]

Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110919212641.015320989@goodmis.org
---
 mm/memcontrol.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 3508777..f823fc8 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ static bool __memcg_event_check(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int target)
 {
 	unsigned long val, next;
 
-	val = this_cpu_read(mem->stat->events[MEM_CGROUP_EVENTS_COUNT]);
-	next = this_cpu_read(mem->stat->targets[target]);
+	val = __this_cpu_read(mem->stat->events[MEM_CGROUP_EVENTS_COUNT]);
+	next = __this_cpu_read(mem->stat->targets[target]);
 	/* from time_after() in jiffies.h */
 	return ((long)next - (long)val < 0);
 }
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_target_update(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int target)
 {
 	unsigned long val, next;
 
-	val = this_cpu_read(mem->stat->events[MEM_CGROUP_EVENTS_COUNT]);
+	val = __this_cpu_read(mem->stat->events[MEM_CGROUP_EVENTS_COUNT]);
 
 	switch (target) {
 	case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH:
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_target_update(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int target)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	this_cpu_write(mem->stat->targets[target], next);
+	__this_cpu_write(mem->stat->targets[target], next);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_target_update(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int target)
  */
 static void memcg_check_events(struct mem_cgroup *mem, struct page *page)
 {
+	preempt_disable();
 	/* threshold event is triggered in finer grain than soft limit */
 	if (unlikely(__memcg_event_check(mem, MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH))) {
 		mem_cgroup_threshold(mem);
@@ -737,6 +738,7 @@ static void memcg_check_events(struct mem_cgroup *mem, struct page *page)
 		}
 #endif
 	}
+	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_cont(struct cgroup *cont)
-- 
1.7.3.4



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