linux-kernel - [PATCH] cgroups: move cpuset specific checks from generic code to cpuset_can

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:01:17 -0200
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
Cc:	Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>,
	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cgroups: move cpuset specific checks from generic code to
 cpuset_can_attach


Move PF_NO_SETAFFINITY check to cpuset cgroups, where it belongs.
This makes it possible to attach PF_NO_SETAFFINITY to Intel CAT cgroups.

Reported-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index f89d929..0603652 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2466,16 +2466,6 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	if (threadgroup)
 		tsk = tsk->group_leader;
 
-	/*
-	 * Workqueue threads may acquire PF_NO_SETAFFINITY 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_NO_SETAFFINITY)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock_rcu;
-	}
-
 	get_task_struct(tsk);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index f0acff0..9fff4d6 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -1445,6 +1446,17 @@ static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	cgroup_taskset_for_each(task, tset) {
+		/*
+		 * Workqueue threads may acquire PF_NO_SETAFFINITY and become
+		 * trapped in a cpuset, or RT worker may be born in a cgroup
+		 * with no rt_runtime allocated.  Just say no.
+		 */
+		if (task == kthreadd_task ||
+		    (task->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
 		ret = task_can_attach(task, cs->cpus_allowed);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unlock;

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