linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: fix possible memcg leak due to interrupted reclaim

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:57:39 +0300
From:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: fix possible memcg leak due to
 interrupted reclaim

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:19:01AM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
...
> > @@ -859,14 +859,12 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
> >  		if (prev && reclaim->generation != iter->generation)
> >  			goto out_unlock;
> >  
> > -		do {
> > +		while (1) {
> >  			pos = READ_ONCE(iter->position);
> > -			/*
> > -			 * A racing update may change the position and
> > -			 * put the last reference, hence css_tryget(),
> > -			 * or retry to see the updated position.
> > -			 */
> > -		} while (pos && !css_tryget(&pos->css));
> > +			if (!pos || css_tryget(&pos->css))
> > +				break;
> > +			cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, NULL);
> > +		}
> 
> This cmpxchg() looks a little strange. Once tryget fails, the iterator
> should be clear soon enough, no? If not, a comment would be good here.

If we are running on an unpreemptible UP system, busy-waiting might
block the ->css_free work, which is supposed to clear iter->position,
resulting in a dead lock. I guess it might happen on SMP if RT scheduler
is used. Will add a comment here.

> 
> > @@ -912,12 +910,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_iter(struct mem_cgroup *root,
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (reclaim) {
> > -		if (cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, memcg) == pos) {
> > -			if (memcg)
> > -				css_get(&memcg->css);
> > -			if (pos)
> > -				css_put(&pos->css);
> > -		}
> > +		cmpxchg(&iter->position, pos, memcg);
> 
> This looks correct. The next iteration or break will put the memcg,
> potentially free it, which will clear it from the iterator and then
> rcu-free the css. Anybody who sees a pointer set under the RCU lock
> can safely run css_tryget() against it. Awesome!
> 
> Care to resend this with changelog?

Will do.

Thanks,
Vladimir
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