linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroups: forbid noprefix if mounting more than just cpuset subsystem

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:02:51 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroups: forbid noprefix if mounting more than just
 cpuset subsystem

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:40:31 +0800 Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> The 'noprefix' option was introduced for backwards-compatibility of
> cpuset, but actually it can be used when mounting other subsystems.
> 
> This results in possibility of name collision, and now the collision
> can really happen, because we have 'stat' file in both memory and
> cpuacct subsystem:
> 
> 	# mount -t cgroup -o noprefix,memory,cpuacct xxx /mnt
> 
> Cgroup will happily mount the 2 subsystems, but only 'stat' file of
> memory subsys can be seen.
> 
> We don't want users to use nopreifx, and also want to avoid name
> collision, so we change to allow noprefix only if mounting just
> the cpuset subsystem.
> 
> ...
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
> index a7267bf..ad17f9d 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -842,6 +842,11 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data,
>  				     struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts)
>  {
>  	char *token, *o = data ?: "all";
> +	unsigned long mask = (unsigned long)-1;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPUSETS
> +	mask = ~(1 << cpuset_subsys_id);
> +#endif

This will actually produce the wrong result if cpuset_subsys_id >= 32. 
You want 1UL here.


>  	opts->subsys_bits = 0;
>  	opts->flags = 0;
> @@ -886,6 +891,11 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* We allow noprefix only if mounting just the cpuset subsystem */
> +	if (test_bit(ROOT_NOPREFIX, &opts->flags) &&
> +	    (opts->subsys_bits & mask))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +

uh, OK.  I hope that comment is clear enough for anyone who wants to
understand it.   It doesn't explain _why_ this is done..
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