Message-Id: <20250818034315.1303955-1-chenridong@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 03:43:15 +0000
From: Chen Ridong <chenridong@...weicloud.com>
To: tj@...nel.org,
	hannes@...xchg.org,
	mkoutny@...e.com,
	lizefan@...wei.com
Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lujialin4@...wei.com,
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	gaoyingjie@...ontech.com
Subject: [PATCH v4] cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues

From: Chen Ridong <chenridong@...wei.com>

A hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly
mounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.

Related case:
cgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event
cgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio

Call Trace:
	cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8
	cgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0
	css_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338
	process_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8
	worker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0
	kthread+0xec/0x100
	ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Root Cause:

CPU0                            CPU1
mount perf_event                umount net_prio
cgroup1_get_tree                cgroup_kill_sb
rebind_subsystems               // root destruction enqueues
				// cgroup_destroy_wq
// kill all perf_event css
                                // one perf_event css A is dying
                                // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq
                                // root destruction will be executed first
                                css_free_rwork_fn
                                cgroup_destroy_root
                                cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline
                                // some perf descendants are dying
                                // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1
                                // waiting for css A to die

Problem scenario:
1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)
2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work
3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction
4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is
   blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)

Solution:
Split cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:
cgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations
cgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release
cgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation

This separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for
offline operations to complete.

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers
Fixes: 334c3679ec4b ("cgroup: reimplement rebind_subsystems() using cgroup_apply_control() and friends")
Reported-by: Gao Yingjie <gaoyingjie@...ontech.com>
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@...wei.com>
Suggested-by: Teju Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index d8b82afed181..a3ce220b837f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -126,8 +126,14 @@ DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
  * of concurrent destructions.  Use a separate workqueue so that cgroup
  * destruction work items don't end up filling up max_active of system_wq
  * which may lead to deadlock.
+ * A cgroup destruction should enqueue work sequentially to:
+ * cgroup_offline_wq: use for css offline work
+ * cgroup_release_wq: use for css release work
+ * cgroup_free_wq: use for free work
  */
-static struct workqueue_struct *cgroup_destroy_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *cgroup_offline_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *cgroup_release_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *cgroup_free_wq;
 
 /* generate an array of cgroup subsystem pointers */
 #define SUBSYS(_x) [_x ## _cgrp_id] = &_x ## _cgrp_subsys,
@@ -5559,7 +5565,7 @@ static void css_release_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	cgroup_unlock();
 
 	INIT_RCU_WORK(&css->destroy_rwork, css_free_rwork_fn);
-	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &css->destroy_rwork);
+	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_free_wq, &css->destroy_rwork);
 }
 
 static void css_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
@@ -5568,7 +5574,7 @@ static void css_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 		container_of(ref, struct cgroup_subsys_state, refcnt);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&css->destroy_work, css_release_work_fn);
-	queue_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &css->destroy_work);
+	queue_work(cgroup_release_wq, &css->destroy_work);
 }
 
 static void init_and_link_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
@@ -5702,7 +5708,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_create(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	list_del_rcu(&css->sibling);
 err_free_css:
 	INIT_RCU_WORK(&css->destroy_rwork, css_free_rwork_fn);
-	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &css->destroy_rwork);
+	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_free_wq, &css->destroy_rwork);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
@@ -5940,7 +5946,7 @@ static void css_killed_ref_fn(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&css->online_cnt)) {
 		INIT_WORK(&css->destroy_work, css_killed_work_fn);
-		queue_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &css->destroy_work);
+		queue_work(cgroup_offline_wq, &css->destroy_work);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -6326,8 +6332,14 @@ static int __init cgroup_wq_init(void)
 	 * We would prefer to do this in cgroup_init() above, but that
 	 * is called before init_workqueues(): so leave this until after.
 	 */
-	cgroup_destroy_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_destroy", 0, 1);
-	BUG_ON(!cgroup_destroy_wq);
+	cgroup_offline_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_offline", 0, 1);
+	BUG_ON(!cgroup_offline_wq);
+
+	cgroup_release_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_release", 0, 1);
+	BUG_ON(!cgroup_release_wq);
+
+	cgroup_free_wq = alloc_workqueue("cgroup_free", 0, 1);
+	BUG_ON(!cgroup_free_wq);
 	return 0;
 }
 core_initcall(cgroup_wq_init);
-- 
2.34.1

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