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

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 10:12:25 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Zou Cao <zoucaox@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tj@...nel.org
Cc:     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 6/5/23 09:04, Zou Cao wrote:
> TeamID: B1486294
What is this?
>
> 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);
>    ......

The code quoted above is actually in cgroup_css_set_fork(). You may want 
to list it as well.

I believe the problem is in

         if (!(kargs->flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP)) {
                 kargs->cset = cset;
                 return 0;
         }

When CLONE_INTO_CGROUP isn't set, a reference to the current cset is taken.

>       |
> 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>
> ---
>   kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> index d18c2ef..5ecd706 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
> @@ -6284,6 +6284,11 @@ void cgroup_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *child,
>   		if (ss->cancel_fork)
>   			ss->cancel_fork(child, kargs->cset);
>   
> +	if (!(kargs->flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP) &&
> +			kargs->cset) {
> +		put_css_set(kargs->cset);
> +	}
> +
I believe the out_revert error path of cgroup_can_fork() has a similar 
issue. Perhaps you may want to put the put_css_set() call in 
cgroup_css_set_put_fork().
>   	cgroup_css_set_put_fork(kargs);
>   }
>   
Cheers,
Longman