Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753032AbZI2DIW (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:08:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752834AbZI2DIV (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:08:21 -0400 Received: from fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp ([192.51.44.35]:59400 "EHLO fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752830AbZI2DIU (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:08:20 -0400 X-SecurityPolicyCheck-FJ: OK by FujitsuOutboundMailChecker v1.3.1 Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:06:05 +0900 From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki To: Paul Menage Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , mingo@elte.hu, "balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com" , "nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp" , "lizf@cn.fujitsu.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH][rc1] cgroup: catch bad css refcnt at css_put Message-Id: <20090929120605.8aa773c1.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <6599ad830909280720u6f70e52cp33b89c02c7e389fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <200909252158.n8PLwFhG024011@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <20090928154213.8e873dec.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> <20090928180649.b6b7eea9.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> <20090928181310.9492a8a2.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> <6599ad830909280720u6f70e52cp33b89c02c7e389fa@mail.gmail.com> Organization: FUJITSU Co. LTD. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2341 Lines: 69 On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:20:08 -0700 Paul Menage wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:13 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki > wrote: > > This is a patch for checking css->refcnt's sanity at css_put(). > > > > BTW, I noticed that...css->refcnt may overflow if used with memcg... > > Now, refcnt is incremented per a page. Paul, do you have any idea ? > > (Ah, yes. "don't use css->refcnt per page" is maybe reasonable but > >  it will be big change..) > > > > == > > __css_put() doesn't check a bug as refcnt goes to minus. > > I think it should be caught. This patch adds a check for it. > > > > Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki > > Acked-by: Paul Menage > Thanks. > Looks reasonable, although there's no guarantee that it will warn on a > buggy release rather than a correct release that occur after a buggy > release. > yes, it's a problem of refcnt. Thanks, -Kame > > --- > >  kernel/cgroup.c |    5 ++++- > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > Index: linux-2.6.32-rc1/kernel/cgroup.c > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.32-rc1.orig/kernel/cgroup.c > > +++ linux-2.6.32-rc1/kernel/cgroup.c > > @@ -3708,8 +3708,10 @@ static void check_for_release(struct cgr > >  void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) > >  { > >        struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup; > > +       int val; > >        rcu_read_lock(); > > -       if (atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt) == 1) { > > +       val = atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt); > > +       if (val == 1) { > >                if (notify_on_release(cgrp)) { > >                        set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags); > >                        check_for_release(cgrp); > > @@ -3717,6 +3719,7 @@ void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_stat > >                cgroup_wakeup_rmdir_waiter(cgrp); > >        } > >        rcu_read_unlock(); > > +       WARN_ON(val < 1); > >  } > > > >  /* > > > > > -- 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/