linux-kernel - Re: [V2][PATCH] cgroup: fix memory leak caused by missing cgroup_bpf

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Date:   Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:29:24 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Quanyang Wang <quanyang.wang@...driver.com>
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        mkoutny@...e.com,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [V2][PATCH] cgroup: fix memory leak caused by missing cgroup_bpf_offline

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 4:56 AM Quanyang Wang
<quanyang.wang@...driver.com> wrote:
> >> Fixes: 2b0d3d3e4fcf ("percpu_ref: reduce memory footprint of percpu_ref in fast path")
> >> Fixes: 4bfc0bb2c60e ("bpf: decouple the lifetime of cgroup_bpf from cgroup itself")
> >> Signed-off-by: Quanyang Wang <quanyang.wang@...driver.com>
> >> ---
> >> V1 ---> V2:
> >> 1. As per Daniel's suggestion, add description to commit msg about the
> >> balance of cgroup's refcount in cgroup_bpf_offline.
> >> 2. As per Michal's suggestion, add tag "Fixes: 4bfc0bb2c60e" and add
> >> description about it.
> >> 3. Fix indentation on the percpu_ref_is_dying line.
> >
> > Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
> >
> > The fix looks correct, two fixes tag are fine too, if only it won't
> > confuse scripts picking up patches for stable backports.
> >
> > In fact, it's a very cold path, which is arguably never hit in the real
> > life. On cgroup v2 it's not an issue. I'm not sure we need a stable
> > backport at all, only if it creates a noise for some automation tests.
> >
> > Quanyang, out of curiosity, how did you find it?
> I ran ltp testsuite to find this.
>
> ./runltp -f controllers -s cgroup
>
> Thanks,
> Quanyang
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for catching and fixing it!

Applied to bpf tree. Thanks everyone!