Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932663Ab2K1Vut (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:50:49 -0500 Received: from mail-vb0-f74.google.com ([209.85.212.74]:35283 "EHLO mail-vb0-f74.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932635Ab2K1Vur (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:50:47 -0500 From: Greg Thelen To: Tejun Heo , Li Zefan Cc: containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Thelen , Aaron Durbin Subject: [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: fix lockdep warning for event_control Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:50:44 -0800 Message-Id: <1354139445-6685-1-git-send-email-gthelen@google.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2165 Lines: 56 The cgroup_event_wake() function is called with the wait queue head locked and it takes cgrp->event_list_lock. However, in cgroup_rmdir() remove_wait_queue() was being called after taking cgrp->event_list_lock. Correct the lock ordering by using a temporary list to obtain the event list to remove from the wait queue. Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin --- kernel/cgroup.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index ece60d4..a0d75bb 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -4276,6 +4276,7 @@ static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) DEFINE_WAIT(wait); struct cgroup_event *event, *tmp; struct cgroup_subsys *ss; + LIST_HEAD(tmp_list); lockdep_assert_held(&d->d_inode->i_mutex); lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex); @@ -4330,16 +4331,20 @@ static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp) /* * Unregister events and notify userspace. * Notify userspace about cgroup removing only after rmdir of cgroup - * directory to avoid race between userspace and kernelspace + * directory to avoid race between userspace and kernelspace. Use + * a temporary list to avoid a deadlock with cgroup_event_wake(). Since + * cgroup_event_wake() is called with the wait queue head locked, + * remove_wait_queue() cannot be called while holding event_list_lock. */ spin_lock(&cgrp->event_list_lock); - list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &cgrp->event_list, list) { + list_splice_init(&cgrp->event_list, &tmp_list); + spin_unlock(&cgrp->event_list_lock); + list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &tmp_list, list) { list_del(&event->list); remove_wait_queue(event->wqh, &event->wait); eventfd_signal(event->eventfd, 1); schedule_work(&event->remove); } - spin_unlock(&cgrp->event_list_lock); return 0; } -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/