linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] cgroup/cpuset: Remove cpus_allowed/mems_allowed setup in cpuset_init

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Message-Id: <20220427145428.1411867-1-longman@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:54:28 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, ying.huang@...el.com,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] cgroup/cpuset: Remove cpus_allowed/mems_allowed setup in cpuset_init_smp()

There are 3 places where the cpu and node masks of the top cpuset can
be initialized in the order they are executed:
 1) start_kernel -> cpuset_init()
 2) start_kernel -> cgroup_init() -> cpuset_bind()
 3) kernel_init_freeable() -> do_basic_setup() -> cpuset_init_smp()

The first cpuset_init() call just sets all the bits in the masks.
The second cpuset_bind() call sets cpus_allowed and mems_allowed to the
default v2 values. The third cpuset_init_smp() call sets them back to
v1 values.

For systems with cgroup v2 setup, cpuset_bind() is called once.  As a
result, cpu and memory node hot add may fail to update the cpu and node
masks of the top cpuset to include the newly added cpu or node in a
cgroup v2 environment.

For systems with cgroup v1 setup, cpuset_bind() is called again by
rebind_subsystem() when the v1 cpuset filesystem is mounted as shown
in the dmesg log below with an instrumented kernel.

  [    2.609781] cpuset_bind() called - v2 = 1
  [    3.079473] cpuset_init_smp() called
  [    7.103710] cpuset_bind() called - v2 = 0

smp_init() is called after the first two init functions.  So we don't
have a complete list of active cpus and memory nodes until later in
cpuset_init_smp() which is the right time to set up effective_cpus
and effective_mems.

To fix this cgroup v2 mask setup problem, the potentially incorrect
cpus_allowed & mems_allowed setting in cpuset_init_smp() are removed.
For cgroup v2 systems, the initial cpuset_bind() call will set the masks
correctly.  For cgroup v1 systems, the second call to cpuset_bind()
will do the right setup.

cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 9390bfd9f1cd..71a418858a5e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -3390,8 +3390,11 @@ static struct notifier_block cpuset_track_online_nodes_nb = {
  */
 void __init cpuset_init_smp(void)
 {
-	cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
-	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_MEMORY];
+	/*
+	 * cpus_allowd/mems_allowed set to v2 values in the initial
+	 * cpuset_bind() call will be reset to v1 values in another
+	 * cpuset_bind() call when v1 cpuset is mounted.
+	 */
 	top_cpuset.old_mems_allowed = top_cpuset.mems_allowed;

 	cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask);
-- 
2.27.0