linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 3/9] cgroup/cpuset: Improve temporary cpumasks handling

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:35:02 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Mrunal Patel <mpatel@...hat.com>,
        Ryan Phillips <rphillips@...hat.com>,
        Brent Rowsell <browsell@...hat.com>,
        Peter Hunt <pehunt@...hat.com>, Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/9] cgroup/cpuset: Improve temporary cpumasks handling

The limitation that update_parent_subparts_cpumask() can only use
addmask & delmask in the given tmp cpumasks is fragile and may lead to
unexpected error.

Fix this problem by allocating/freeing a struct tmpmasks in
update_cpumask() to avoid reusing the cpumasks in trial_cs.

With this change, we can move the update_tasks_cpumask() for the
parent and update_sibling_cpumasks() for the sibling to inside
update_parent_subparts_cpumask().

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 42 +++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index ade33e50ffe2..b8ccc1be7bde 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1277,6 +1277,8 @@ enum subparts_cmd {
 
 static int update_flag(cpuset_flagbits_t bit, struct cpuset *cs,
 		       int turning_on);
+static void update_sibling_cpumasks(struct cpuset *parent, struct cpuset *cs,
+				    struct tmpmasks *tmp);
 
 /*
  * Update partition exclusive flag
@@ -1447,7 +1449,7 @@ static int update_parent_subparts_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
 		adding = cpumask_andnot(tmp->addmask, tmp->addmask,
 					parent->subparts_cpus);
 		/*
-		 * Empty cpumask is not allewed
+		 * Empty cpumask is not allowed
 		 */
 		if (cpumask_empty(newmask)) {
 			part_error = PERR_CPUSEMPTY;
@@ -1567,8 +1569,11 @@ static int update_parent_subparts_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
 
-	if (adding || deleting)
+	if (adding || deleting) {
 		update_tasks_cpumask(parent, tmp->addmask);
+		if (parent->child_ecpus_count)
+			update_sibling_cpumasks(parent, cs, tmp);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * For partcmd_update without newmask, it is being called from
@@ -1842,18 +1847,8 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	if (cpumask_equal(cs->cpus_allowed, trialcs->cpus_allowed))
 		return 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
-	/*
-	 * Use the cpumasks in trialcs for tmpmasks when they are pointers
-	 * to allocated cpumasks.
-	 *
-	 * Note that update_parent_subparts_cpumask() uses only addmask &
-	 * delmask, but not new_cpus.
-	 */
-	tmp.addmask  = trialcs->subparts_cpus;
-	tmp.delmask  = trialcs->effective_cpus;
-	tmp.new_cpus = NULL;
-#endif
+	if (alloc_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	retval = validate_change(cs, trialcs);
 
@@ -1882,7 +1877,7 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 		retval = 0;
 	}
 	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	if (cs->partition_root_state) {
 		if (invalidate)
@@ -1917,11 +1912,6 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
-	/* Now trialcs->cpus_allowed is available */
-	tmp.new_cpus = trialcs->cpus_allowed;
-#endif
-
 	/* effective_cpus will be updated here */
 	update_cpumasks_hier(cs, &tmp, false);
 
@@ -1938,6 +1928,8 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 		/* Update CS_SCHED_LOAD_BALANCE and/or sched_domains */
 		update_partition_sd_lb(cs, old_prs);
 	}
+out_free:
+	free_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2346,13 +2338,11 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
 
 		err = update_parent_subparts_cpumask(cs, partcmd_enable,
 						     NULL, &tmpmask);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
 	} else if (old_prs && new_prs) {
 		/*
 		 * A change in load balance state only, no change in cpumasks.
 		 */
-		goto out;
+		;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Switching back to member is always allowed even if it
@@ -2372,12 +2362,6 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
 			spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
 		}
 	}
-
-	update_tasks_cpumask(parent, tmpmask.new_cpus);
-
-	if (parent->child_ecpus_count)
-		update_sibling_cpumasks(parent, cs, &tmpmask);
-
 out:
 	/*
 	 * Make partition invalid & disable CS_CPU_EXCLUSIVE if an error
-- 
2.31.1