linux-kernel - [PATCH v2, 3/4] mm, memcg: Prevent memory.oom

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Date:   Mon,  6 Mar 2023 23:41:37 +0800
From:   Yue Zhao <findns94@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, hannes@...xchg.org, mhocko@...nel.org,
        shakeelb@...gle.com, muchun.song@...ux.dev, willy@...radead.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tangyeechou@...il.com,
        Yue Zhao <findns94@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2, 3/4] mm, memcg: Prevent memory.oom_control load/store tearing

The knob for cgroup v1 memory controller: memory.oom_control
is not protected by any locking so it can be modified while it is used.
This is not an actual problem because races are unlikely.
But it is better to use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE to prevent compiler from
doing anything funky.

The access of memcg->oom_kill_disable is lockless,
so it can be concurrently set at the same time as we are
trying to read it.

Signed-off-by: Yue Zhao <findns94@...il.com>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index dca895c66a9b..26605b2f51b1 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4515,7 +4515,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_oom_control_read(struct seq_file *sf, void *v)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_seq(sf);
 
-	seq_printf(sf, "oom_kill_disable %d\n", memcg->oom_kill_disable);
+	seq_printf(sf, "oom_kill_disable %d\n", READ_ONCE(memcg->oom_kill_disable));
 	seq_printf(sf, "under_oom %d\n", (bool)memcg->under_oom);
 	seq_printf(sf, "oom_kill %lu\n",
 		   atomic_long_read(&memcg->memory_events[MEMCG_OOM_KILL]));
@@ -4531,7 +4531,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_oom_control_write(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 	if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) || !((val == 0) || (val == 1)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	memcg->oom_kill_disable = val;
+	WRITE_ONCE(memcg->oom_kill_disable, val);
 	if (!val)
 		memcg_oom_recover(memcg);
 
-- 
2.17.1