[PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: prevent overlapping local and remote partition creation

From: Hui Peng

Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 18:18:10 EST


Fix two partition validation bugs in kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:

1. In remote_partition_enable(), check whether the requested effective
xcpus intersect parent->subpartitions_cpus so a remote partition
cannot claim CPUs already delegated to a local child partition.
2. In validate_partition(), verify that enabling a local partition does
not overlap CPUs already allocated to an active remote partition.

Fixes: aa7d3a56a20f ("cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 2538faac9aba..13fad096c494 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ static inline bool cpus_excl_conflict(struct cpuset *trial, struct cpuset *sibli
return true;

/* Exclusive_cpus cannot intersect */
- return cpumask_intersects(trial->exclusive_cpus, sibling->exclusive_cpus);
+ return cpumask_intersects(trial->exclusive_cpus,
+ cpumask_empty(sibling->exclusive_cpus)
+ ? sibling->effective_xcpus
+ : sibling->exclusive_cpus);
}

static inline bool mems_excl_conflict(struct cpuset *cs1, struct cpuset *cs2)
@@ -1591,8 +1594,8 @@ static int remote_partition_enable(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs,
* above it or remote partition root underneath it is not allowed.
*/
compute_excpus(cs, tmp->new_cpus);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus));
if (!cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, cpu_active_mask) ||
+ cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus) ||
cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus))
return PERR_INVCPUS;
if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
@@ -2411,6 +2414,10 @@ static enum prs_errcode validate_partition(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *tri
if (cpumask_empty(trialcs->effective_xcpus))
return PERR_INVCPUS;

+ if ((parent == &top_cpuset) &&
+ cpumask_intersects(trialcs->effective_xcpus, subpartitions_cpus))
+ return PERR_REMOTE;
+
if (prstate_housekeeping_conflict(trialcs->partition_root_state,
trialcs->effective_xcpus))
return PERR_HKEEPING;
@@ -2970,7 +2977,7 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
* local or remote partition.
*/
if ((parent == &top_cpuset) &&
- cpumask_intersects(cs->exclusive_cpus, subpartitions_cpus)) {
+ cpumask_intersects(user_xcpus(cs), subpartitions_cpus)) {
err = PERR_REMOTE;
goto out;
}