linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fixed the cset refcnt leak when fork() failed

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 11:38:45 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Zou Cao <zoucaox@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        lizefan.x@...edance.com, hannes@...xchg.org, brauner@...nel.org,
        Zou Cao <zoucao@...ishou.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fixed the cset refcnt leak when fork() failed

On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 09:04:44PM +0800, Zou Cao wrote:
> TeamID: B1486294
> 
> when fork, cset will be increased by commit "ef2c41cf38a7", the refcnt will
> be decrease by child exit, but when failed in fork(), this refcnt will
> be lost decrease in cgroup_cancel_fork as follow:
> 
> copy_process
>      |
> cgroup_can_fork    //  increase the css refcount
>   ......
>   spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
>   cset = task_css_setcurrent);
>   get_css_set(cset);
>   spin_unlock_irq&css_set_lock);
>   ......
>      |
> goto cgroup_cancel_fork    // if failed in  copy_process
>      |
> cgroup_cancel_fork  // lost the decrease refcount if flag not CLONE_INTO_CGROUP
> 
> Fixes: ef2c41cf38a7 ("clone3: allow spawning processes into cgroups")
> Signed-off-by: Zou Cao <zoucao@...ishou.com>

Is this the same bug fixed by the following commit?

 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git/commit/?h=for-6.4-fixes&id=2bd110339288c18823dcace602b63b0d8627e520

Thanks.

-- 
tejun