Re: [PATCH cgroup/for-4.13-fixes] cgroup: create dfl_root files on subsys registration

From: Waiman Long
Date: Tue Jul 18 2017 - 18:09:24 EST


On 07/18/2017 05:57 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On subsystem registration, css_populate_dir() is not called on the new
> root css, so the interface files for the subsystem on cgrp_dfl_root
> aren't created on registration. This is a residue from the days when
> cgrp_dfl_root was used only as the parking spot for unused subsystems,
> which no longer is true as it's used as the root for cgroup2.
>
> This is often fine as later operations tend to create them as a part
> of mount (cgroup1) or subtree_control operations (cgroup2); however,
> it's not difficult to mount cgroup2 with the controller interface
> files missing as Waiman found out.
>
> Fix it by invoking css_populate_dir() on the root css on subsys
> registration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.5+
> ---
> Hello, Waiman.
>
> Can you please verify that this fixes the bug?
>

Yes, this patch fix the problem.

Tested-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>