Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756203Ab0DWTnr (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:43:47 -0400 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:41510 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755964Ab0DWTnf (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:43:35 -0400 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, Li Zefan , "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH v2.6.34-rc5 08/12] cgroup: Fix an RCU warning in cgroup_path() Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:43:26 -0700 Message-Id: <1272051810-11249-8-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0 In-Reply-To: <20100423194255.GE2589@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20100423194255.GE2589@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1916 Lines: 63 From: Li Zefan with CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y, a warning can be triggered: # mount -t cgroup -o debug xxx /mnt # cat /proc/$$/cgroup ... kernel/cgroup.c:1649 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! ... This is a false-positive, because cgroup_path() can be called with either rcu_read_lock() held or cgroup_mutex held. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/cgroup.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index e2769e1..4ca928d 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -1646,7 +1646,9 @@ static inline struct cftype *__d_cft(struct dentry *dentry) int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen) { char *start; - struct dentry *dentry = rcu_dereference(cgrp->dentry); + struct dentry *dentry = rcu_dereference_check(cgrp->dentry, + rcu_read_lock_held() || + cgroup_lock_is_held()); if (!dentry || cgrp == dummytop) { /* @@ -1662,13 +1664,17 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen) *--start = '\0'; for (;;) { int len = dentry->d_name.len; + if ((start -= len) < buf) return -ENAMETOOLONG; - memcpy(start, cgrp->dentry->d_name.name, len); + memcpy(start, dentry->d_name.name, len); cgrp = cgrp->parent; if (!cgrp) break; - dentry = rcu_dereference(cgrp->dentry); + + dentry = rcu_dereference_check(cgrp->dentry, + rcu_read_lock_held() || + cgroup_lock_is_held()); if (!cgrp->parent) continue; if (--start < buf) -- 1.7.0 -- 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/