3.6.11.7-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Li Zefan [ Upstream commit 1c8158eeae0f37d0eee9f1fbe68080df6a408df2 ] commit 5db9a4d99b0157a513944e9a44d29c9cec2e91dc Author: Tejun Heo Date: Sat Jul 7 16:08:18 2012 -0700 cgroup: fix cgroup hierarchy umount race This commit fixed a race caused by the dput() in css_dput_fn(), but the dput() in cgroup_event_remove() can also lead to the same BUG(). Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/cgroup.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index bfc0578..9cf9102 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -3613,6 +3613,23 @@ static int cgroup_write_notify_on_release(struct cgroup *cgrp, } /* + * When dput() is called asynchronously, if umount has been done and + * then deactivate_super() in cgroup_free_fn() kills the superblock, + * there's a small window that vfs will see the root dentry with non-zero + * refcnt and trigger BUG(). + * + * That's why we hold a reference before dput() and drop it right after. + */ +static void cgroup_dput(struct cgroup *cgrp) +{ + struct super_block *sb = cgrp->root->sb; + + atomic_inc(&sb->s_active); + dput(cgrp->dentry); + deactivate_super(sb); +} + +/* * Unregister event and free resources. * * Gets called from workqueue. @@ -3627,7 +3644,7 @@ static void cgroup_event_remove(struct work_struct *work) eventfd_ctx_put(event->eventfd); kfree(event); - dput(cgrp->dentry); + cgroup_dput(cgrp); } /* @@ -3878,12 +3895,8 @@ static void css_dput_fn(struct work_struct *work) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = container_of(work, struct cgroup_subsys_state, dput_work); - struct dentry *dentry = css->cgroup->dentry; - struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb; - atomic_inc(&sb->s_active); - dput(dentry); - deactivate_super(sb); + cgroup_dput(css->cgroup); } static void init_cgroup_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/