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authorSalman Qazi <sqazi@google.com>2012-06-14 17:55:30 -0400
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2012-06-18 18:38:02 -0400
commit8e3bbf42c6d73881956863cc3305456afe2bc4ea (patch)
treebb3369e7444a2efe8e890ddd341e576e3cba18c1 /kernel
parent967db0ea65b0bf8507a7643ac8f296c4f2c0a834 (diff)
cgroups: Account for CSS_DEACT_BIAS in __css_put
When we fixed the race between atomic_dec and css_refcnt, we missed the fact that css_refcnt internally subtracts CSS_DEACT_BIAS to get the actual reference count. This can potentially cause a refcount leak if __css_put races with cgroup_clear_css_refs. Signed-off-by: Salman Qazi <sqazi@google.com> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ceeafe874b3f..2097684cf194 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -255,12 +255,17 @@ int cgroup_lock_is_held(void)
255 255
256EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_lock_is_held); 256EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_lock_is_held);
257 257
258static int css_unbias_refcnt(int refcnt)
259{
260 return refcnt >= 0 ? refcnt : refcnt - CSS_DEACT_BIAS;
261}
262
258/* the current nr of refs, always >= 0 whether @css is deactivated or not */ 263/* the current nr of refs, always >= 0 whether @css is deactivated or not */
259static int css_refcnt(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) 264static int css_refcnt(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
260{ 265{
261 int v = atomic_read(&css->refcnt); 266 int v = atomic_read(&css->refcnt);
262 267
263 return v >= 0 ? v : v - CSS_DEACT_BIAS; 268 return css_unbias_refcnt(v);
264} 269}
265 270
266/* convenient tests for these bits */ 271/* convenient tests for these bits */
@@ -4982,9 +4987,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__css_tryget);
4982void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) 4987void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
4983{ 4988{
4984 struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup; 4989 struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
4990 int v;
4985 4991
4986 rcu_read_lock(); 4992 rcu_read_lock();
4987 switch (atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt)) { 4993 v = css_unbias_refcnt(atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt));
4994
4995 switch (v) {
4988 case 1: 4996 case 1:
4989 if (notify_on_release(cgrp)) { 4997 if (notify_on_release(cgrp)) {
4990 set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags); 4998 set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags);