linux-kernel - Re: [patch] cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd

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Date:	Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:54:58 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
To:	Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@...e.de>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Paul Menage <paul@...lmenage.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch] cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd

Mike Galbraith wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 10:57 -0700, Tejun Heo wrote: 
>> Hello, Mike.
>>
>> This is dragging out too long but can you please update the patch so
>> that both kthreadd and PF_THREAD_BOUND tasks are disallowed from !root
>> cgroups?
> 
> cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd or PF_THREAD_BOUND threads
> 
> Allowing kthreadd to be moved to a non-root group makes no sense, it being
> a global resource, and needlessly leads unsuspecting users toward trouble.
> 
> 1. An RT workqueue worker thread spawned in a task group with no rt_runtime
> allocated is not schedulable.  Simple user error, but harmful to the box.
> 
> 2. A worker thread which acquires PF_THREAD_BOUND can never leave a cpuset,
> rendering the cpuset immortal.
> 
> Save the user some unexpected trouble, just say no.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@...e.de>

> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/cgroup.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
>  #include <linux/eventfd.h>
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
>  #include <linux/flex_array.h> /* used in cgroup_attach_proc */
> +#include <linux/kthread.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/atomic.h>
>  
> @@ -2172,6 +2173,17 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgr
>  
>  	if (threadgroup)
>  		tsk = tsk->group_leader;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Workqueue threads may acquire PF_THREAD_BOUND and become
> +	 * trapped in a cpuset, or RT worker may be born in a cgroup
> +	 * with no rt_runtime allocated.  Just say no.
> +	 */
> +	if (tsk == kthreadd_task || (tsk->flags & PF_THREAD_BOUND)) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out_unlock_cgroup;


forgot rcu_read_unlock() ?

Otherwise Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>

> +	}
> +
>  	get_task_struct(tsk);
>  	rcu_read_unlock();

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