cgroup: break kernfs active_ref protection in cgroup directory operations
cgroup_tree_mutex should nest above the kernfs active_ref protection;
however, cgroup_create() and cgroup_rename() were grabbing
cgroup_tree_mutex while under kernfs active_ref protection. This has
actualy possibility to lead to deadlocks in case these operations race
against cgroup_rmdir() which invokes kernfs_remove() on directory
kernfs_node while holding cgroup_tree_mutex.
Neither cgroup_create() or cgroup_rename() requires active_ref
protection. The former already has enough synchronization through
cgroup_lock_live_group() and the latter doesn't care, so this can be
fixed by updating both functions to break all active_ref protections
before grabbing cgroup_tree_mutex.
While this patch fixes the immediate issue, it probably needs further
work in the long term - kernfs directories should enable lockdep
annotations and maybe the better way to handle this is marking
directory nodes as not needing active_ref protection rather than
breaking it in each operation.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 98a8045..58c67b3 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2324,6 +2324,14 @@
if (cgroup_sane_behavior(cgrp))
return -EPERM;
+ /*
+ * We're gonna grab cgroup_tree_mutex which nests outside kernfs
+ * active_ref. kernfs_rename() doesn't require active_ref
+ * protection. Break them before grabbing cgroup_tree_mutex.
+ */
+ kernfs_break_active_protection(new_parent);
+ kernfs_break_active_protection(kn);
+
mutex_lock(&cgroup_tree_mutex);
mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -2331,6 +2339,9 @@
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_tree_mutex);
+
+ kernfs_unbreak_active_protection(kn);
+ kernfs_unbreak_active_protection(new_parent);
return ret;
}
@@ -3778,8 +3789,22 @@
umode_t mode)
{
struct cgroup *parent = parent_kn->priv;
+ int ret;
- return cgroup_create(parent, name, mode);
+ /*
+ * cgroup_create() grabs cgroup_tree_mutex which nests outside
+ * kernfs active_ref and cgroup_create() already synchronizes
+ * properly against removal through cgroup_lock_live_group().
+ * Break it before calling cgroup_create().
+ */
+ cgroup_get(parent);
+ kernfs_break_active_protection(parent_kn);
+
+ ret = cgroup_create(parent, name, mode);
+
+ kernfs_unbreak_active_protection(parent_kn);
+ cgroup_put(parent);
+ return ret;
}
/*