Re: INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage - include/linux/cgroup.h:492invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

From: Li Zefan
Date: Tue Apr 20 2010 - 21:04:16 EST


> commit 2836f18139267ea918ed2cf39023fb0eb38c4361
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Apr 19 15:59:50 2010 -0700
>
> rcu: fix RCU lockdep splat on freezer_fork path
>
> Add an RCU read-side critical section to suppress this false positive.
>
> Located-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> index da5e139..e5c0244 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> @@ -205,9 +205,12 @@ static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
> * No lock is needed, since the task isn't on tasklist yet,
> * so it can't be moved to another cgroup, which means the
> * freezer won't be removed and will be valid during this
> - * function call.
> + * function call. Nevertheless, apply RCU read-side critical
> + * section to suppress RCU lockdep false positives.
> */

It was me that added the original comment.

> + rcu_read_lock();
> freezer = task_freezer(task);
> + rcu_read_unlock();
>
> /*
> * The root cgroup is non-freezable, so we can skip the

Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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