linux-kernel - [PATCH] cgroups: fix 2.6.32 regression causing BUG_ON() in cgroup

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Message-ID: <4B32660A.8070106@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:48:42 -0500
From:	Dave Anderson <anderson@...hat.com>
To:	menage@...gle.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bblum@...rew.cmu.edu,
	lizf@...fujitsu.com
Subject: [PATCH] cgroups: fix 2.6.32 regression causing BUG_ON() in cgroup_diput()

The LTP cgroup test suite generates a "kernel BUG at kernel/cgroup.c:790!"
here in cgroup_diput():

                 /*
                  * if we're getting rid of the cgroup, refcount should ensure
                  * that there are no pidlists left.
                  */
                 BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cgrp->pidlists));

The cgroup pidlist rework in 2.6.32 generates the BUG_ON, which is caused
when pidlist_array_load() calls cgroup_pidlist_find():

(1) if a matching cgroup_pidlist is found, it down_write's the mutex of the
     pre-existing cgroup_pidlist, and increments its use_count.
(2) if no matching cgroup_pidlist is found, then a new one is allocated, it
     down_write's its mutex, and the use_count is set to 0.
(3) the matching, or new, cgroup_pidlist gets returned back to pidlist_array_load(),
     which increments its use_count -- regardless whether new or pre-existing --
     and up_write's the mutex.

So if a matching list is ever encountered by cgroup_pidlist_find() during
the life of a cgroup directory, it results in an inflated use_count value,
preventing it from ever getting released by cgroup_release_pid_array().
Then if the directory is subsequently removed, cgroup_diput() hits the
BUG_ON() when it finds that the directory's cgroup is still populated
with a pidlist.

The patch simply removes the use_count increment when a matching
pidlist is found by cgroup_pidlist_find(), because it gets bumped by
the calling pidlist_array_load() function while still protected by the
list's mutex.

Signed-off-by: Dave Anderson <anderson@...hat.com>

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