cgroups: fix probable race with put_css_set[_taskexit] and find_css_set

put_css_set_taskexit may be called when find_css_set is called on other
cpu.  And the race will occur:

put_css_set_taskexit side                    find_css_set side

                                        |
atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)    |
    /* kref->refcount = 0 */            |
....................................................................
                                        |  read_lock(&css_set_lock)
                                        |  find_existing_css_set
                                        |  get_css_set
                                        |  read_unlock(&css_set_lock);
....................................................................
__release_css_set                       |
....................................................................
                                        | /* use a released css_set */
                                        |

[put_css_set is the same. But in the current code, all put_css_set are
put into cgroup mutex critical region as the same as find_css_set.]

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: repair comments]
[menage@google.com: eliminate race in css_set refcounting]
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 30934e4bfaab..7166023e07d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ struct cgroup {
 struct css_set {
 
         /* Reference count */
-        struct kref ref;
+        atomic_t refcount;
 
         /*
          * List running through all cgroup groups in the same hash
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 8c6e1c17e6d3..1e49218457e0 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ static void unlink_css_set(struct css_set *cg)
         struct cg_cgroup_link *link;
         struct cg_cgroup_link *saved_link;
 
-        write_lock(&css_set_lock);
         hlist_del(&cg->hlist);
         css_set_count--;
 
@@ -251,16 +250,25 @@ static void unlink_css_set(struct css_set *cg)
                 list_del(&link->cgrp_link_list);
                 kfree(link);
         }
-
-        write_unlock(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
-static void __release_css_set(struct kref *k, int taskexit)
+static void __put_css_set(struct css_set *cg, int taskexit)
 {
         int i;
-        struct css_set *cg = container_of(k, struct css_set, ref);
-
+        /*
+         * Ensure that the refcount doesn't hit zero while any readers
+         * can see it. Similar to atomic_dec_and_lock(), but for an
+         * rwlock
+         */
+        if (atomic_add_unless(&cg->refcount, -1, 1))
+                return;
+        write_lock(&css_set_lock);
+        if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&cg->refcount)) {
+                write_unlock(&css_set_lock);
+                return;
+        }
         unlink_css_set(cg);
+        write_unlock(&css_set_lock);
 
         rcu_read_lock();
         for (i = 0; i < CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT; i++) {
@@ -276,32 +284,22 @@ static void __release_css_set(struct kref *k, int taskexit)
         kfree(cg);
 }
 
-static void release_css_set(struct kref *k)
-{
-        __release_css_set(k, 0);
-}
-
-static void release_css_set_taskexit(struct kref *k)
-{
-        __release_css_set(k, 1);
-}
-
 /*
  * refcounted get/put for css_set objects
  */
 static inline void get_css_set(struct css_set *cg)
 {
-        kref_get(&cg->ref);
+        atomic_inc(&cg->refcount);
 }
 
 static inline void put_css_set(struct css_set *cg)
 {
-        kref_put(&cg->ref, release_css_set);
+        __put_css_set(cg, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void put_css_set_taskexit(struct css_set *cg)
 {
-        kref_put(&cg->ref, release_css_set_taskexit);
+        __put_css_set(cg, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -427,7 +425,7 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        kref_init(&res->ref);
+        atomic_set(&res->refcount, 1);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->cg_links);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->tasks);
         INIT_HLIST_NODE(&res->hlist);
@@ -1728,7 +1726,7 @@ int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 
         read_lock(&css_set_lock);
         list_for_each_entry(link, &cgrp->css_sets, cgrp_link_list) {
-                count += atomic_read(&link->cg->ref.refcount);
+                count += atomic_read(&link->cg->refcount);
         }
         read_unlock(&css_set_lock);
         return count;
@@ -2495,8 +2493,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 int __init cgroup_init_early(void)
 {
         int i;
-        kref_init(&init_css_set.ref);
-        kref_get(&init_css_set.ref);
+        atomic_set(&init_css_set.refcount, 1);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&init_css_set.cg_links);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&init_css_set.tasks);
         INIT_HLIST_NODE(&init_css_set.hlist);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_debug.c b/kernel/cgroup_debug.c
index c3dc3aba4c02..daca6209202d 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_debug.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_debug.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static u64 current_css_set_refcount_read(struct cgroup *cont,
         u64 count;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        count = atomic_read(&current->cgroups->ref.refcount);
+        count = atomic_read(&current->cgroups->refcount);
         rcu_read_unlock();
         return count;
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static struct cftype files[] =  {
         {
                 .name = "releasable",
                 .read_u64 = releasable_read,
-        }
+        },
 };
 
 static int debug_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)