linux-kernel - [PATCH cgroup/for-4.16-fixes] cgroup: fix rule checking for threaded mode switching

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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:47:22 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:     "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: [PATCH cgroup/for-4.16-fixes] cgroup: fix rule checking for threaded
 mode switching

>From d1897c9538edafd4ae6bbd03cc075962ddde2c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:39:22 -0800

A domain cgroup isn't allowed to be turned threaded if its subtree is
populated or domain controllers are enabled.  cgroup_enable_threaded()
depended on cgroup_can_be_thread_root() test to enforce this rule.  A
parent which has populated domain descendants or have domain
controllers enabled can't become a thread root, so the above rules are
enforced automatically.

However, for the root cgroup which can host mixed domain and threaded
children, cgroup_can_be_thread_root() doesn't check any of those
conditions and thus first level cgroups ends up escaping those rules.

This patch fixes the bug by adding explicit checks for those rules in
cgroup_enable_threaded().

Reported-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Fixes: 8cfd8147df67 ("cgroup: implement cgroup v2 thread support")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.14+
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 8cda3bc..4bfb290 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3183,6 +3183,16 @@ static int cgroup_enable_threaded(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	if (cgroup_is_threaded(cgrp))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If @cgroup is populated or has domain controllers enabled, it
+	 * can't be switched.  While the below cgroup_can_be_thread_root()
+	 * test can catch the same conditions, that's only when @parent is
+	 * not mixable, so let's check it explicitly.
+	 */
+	if (cgroup_is_populated(cgrp) ||
+	    cgrp->subtree_control & ~cgrp_dfl_threaded_ss_mask)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/* we're joining the parent's domain, ensure its validity */
 	if (!cgroup_is_valid_domain(dom_cgrp) ||
 	    !cgroup_can_be_thread_root(dom_cgrp))
-- 
2.9.5