[PATCH v2] cgroup: protect modifications to cgroup->idr with cgroup_mutex

[Li Zefan]

Setup cgroupfs like this:
  # mount -t cgroup -o cpuacct xxx /cgroup
  # mkdir /cgroup/sub1
  # mkdir /cgroup/sub2

Then run these two commands:
  # for ((; ;)) { mkdir /cgroup/sub1/tmp && rmdir /cgroup/sub1/tmp; } &
  # for ((; ;)) { mkdir /cgroup/sub2/tmp && rmdir /cgroup/sub2/tmp; } &

After seconds you may see this warning:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 25243 at lib/idr.c:527 sub_remove+0x87/0x1b0()
idr_remove called for id=6 which is not allocated.
...
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8156063c>] dump_stack+0x7a/0x96
 [<ffffffff810591ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0
 [<ffffffff81059296>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
 [<ffffffff81300aa7>] sub_remove+0x87/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff810f3f02>] ? css_killed_work_fn+0x32/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff81300bf5>] idr_remove+0x25/0xd0
 [<ffffffff810f2bab>] cgroup_destroy_css_killed+0x5b/0xc0
 [<ffffffff810f4000>] css_killed_work_fn+0x130/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8107cdbc>] process_one_work+0x26c/0x550
 [<ffffffff8107eefe>] worker_thread+0x12e/0x3b0
 [<ffffffff81085f96>] kthread+0xe6/0xf0
 [<ffffffff81570bac>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
---[ end trace 2d1577ec10cf80d0 ]---

It's because allocating/removing cgroup ID is not properly synchronized.

The bug was introduced when we converted cgroup_ida to cgroup_idr.
While synchronization is already done inside ida_simple_{get,remove}(),
users are responsible for concurrent calls to idr_{alloc,remove}().

v2:
- Don't call deactivate_super() inside cgroup_mutex, as cgroup_kill_sb()
will be called if sb refcnt reaches 0. I don't think this can happen,
as cgroup_create() is called through vfs, so vfs should guarantee the
superblock won't disappear. Still better not depend on it even my guess
is probably correct.

Fixes: 4e96ee8e981b ("cgroup: convert cgroup_ida to cgroup_idr")
Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Also rebased on "cgroup: fix error return from cgroup_create()".

---
 include/linux/cgroup.h |  2 ++
 kernel/cgroup.c        | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 5c09759..9450f02 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ struct cgroup {
 	 *
 	 * The ID of the root cgroup is always 0, and a new cgroup
 	 * will be assigned with a smallest available ID.
+	 *
+	 * Allocating/Removing ID must be protected by cgroup_mutex.
 	 */
 	int id;
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 7be8fe4..37f217c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -886,7 +886,9 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		 * per-subsystem and moved to css->id so that lookups are
 		 * successful until the target css is released.
 		 */
+		mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 		idr_remove(&cgrp->root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
+		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 		cgrp->id = -1;
 
 		call_rcu(&cgrp->rcu_head, cgroup_free_rcu);
@@ -4174,15 +4176,12 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->name, name);
 
-	/*
-	 * Temporarily set the pointer to NULL, so idr_find() won't return
-	 * a half-baked cgroup.
-	 */
-	cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (cgrp->id < 0) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_free_name;
-	}
+	/* Grab a reference on the superblock so the hierarchy doesn't
+	 * get deleted on unmount if there are child cgroups.  This
+	 * can be done outside cgroup_mutex, since the sb can't
+	 * disappear while someone has an open control file on the
+	 * fs */
+	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
 
 	/*
 	 * Only live parents can have children.  Note that the liveliness
@@ -4193,15 +4192,18 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 */
 	if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(parent)) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto err_free_id;
+		goto err_free_name;
 	}
 
-	/* Grab a reference on the superblock so the hierarchy doesn't
-	 * get deleted on unmount if there are child cgroups.  This
-	 * can be done outside cgroup_mutex, since the sb can't
-	 * disappear while someone has an open control file on the
-	 * fs */
-	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
+	/*
+	 * Temporarily set the pointer to NULL, so idr_find() won't return
+	 * a half-baked cgroup.
+	 */
+	cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (cgrp->id < 0) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_unlock;
+	}
 
 	init_cgroup_housekeeping(cgrp);
 
@@ -4225,7 +4227,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 */
 	err = cgroup_create_file(dentry, S_IFDIR | mode, sb);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto err_unlock;
+		goto err_free_id;
 	lockdep_assert_held(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	cgrp->serial_nr = cgroup_serial_nr_next++;
@@ -4261,13 +4263,16 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-	/* Release the reference count that we took on the superblock */
-	deactivate_super(sb);
 err_free_id:
 	idr_remove(&root->cgroup_idr, cgrp->id);
+err_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 err_free_name:
+	/*
+	 * Release the reference count that we took on the superblock.
+	 * Should be called outside cgroup_mutex.
+	 */
+	deactivate_super(sb);
 	kfree(rcu_dereference_raw(cgrp->name));
 err_free_cgrp:
 	kfree(cgrp);
-- 
1.8.0.2

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