[PATCH 12/16] cgroup: combine cgroup_mutex locking and offline css draining

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Feb 24 2016 - 17:04:55 EST


cgroup_drain_offline() is used to wait for csses being offlined to
uninstall itself from cgroup->subsys[] array so that new csses can be
installed. The function's only user, cgroup_subtree_control_write(),
calls it after performing some checks and restarts the whole process
via restart_syscall() if draining has to release cgroup_mutex to wait.

This can be simplified by draining before other synchronized
operations so that there's nothing to restart. This patch converts
cgroup_drain_offline() to cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() which
performs both locking and draining and updates cgroup_kn_lock_live()
use it instead of cgroup_mutex() if requested. This combined locking
and draining operations are easier to use and less error-prone.

While at it, add WARNs in control_apply functions which triggers if
the subtree isn't properly drained.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/cgroup.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index baa0e05..b1c6fe2 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_dfl_base_files[];
static struct cftype cgroup_legacy_base_files[];

static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroup_root *dst_root, u16 ss_mask);
+static void cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline(struct cgroup *cgrp);
static void css_task_iter_advance(struct css_task_iter *it);
static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp);
static struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_create(struct cgroup *cgrp,
@@ -1390,19 +1391,22 @@ static void cgroup_kn_unlock(struct kernfs_node *kn)
/**
* cgroup_kn_lock_live - locking helper for cgroup kernfs methods
* @kn: the kernfs_node being serviced
+ * @drain_offline: perform offline draining on the cgroup
*
* This helper is to be used by a cgroup kernfs method currently servicing
* @kn. It breaks the active protection, performs cgroup locking and
* verifies that the associated cgroup is alive. Returns the cgroup if
* alive; otherwise, %NULL. A successful return should be undone by a
- * matching cgroup_kn_unlock() invocation.
+ * matching cgroup_kn_unlock() invocation. If @drain_offline is %true, the
+ * cgroup is drained of offlining csses before return.
*
* Any cgroup kernfs method implementation which requires locking the
* associated cgroup should use this helper. It avoids nesting cgroup
* locking under kernfs active protection and allows all kernfs operations
* including self-removal.
*/
-static struct cgroup *cgroup_kn_lock_live(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+static struct cgroup *cgroup_kn_lock_live(struct kernfs_node *kn,
+ bool drain_offline)
{
struct cgroup *cgrp;

@@ -1421,7 +1425,10 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_kn_lock_live(struct kernfs_node *kn)
return NULL;
kernfs_break_active_protection(kn);

- mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
+ if (drain_offline)
+ cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline(cgrp);
+ else
+ mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);

if (!cgroup_is_dead(cgrp))
return cgrp;
@@ -2760,7 +2767,7 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
if (kstrtoint(strstrip(buf), 0, &pid) || pid < 0)
return -EINVAL;

- cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn);
+ cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
if (!cgrp)
return -ENODEV;

@@ -2858,7 +2865,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_release_agent_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,

BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(cgrp->root->release_agent_path) < PATH_MAX);

- cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn);
+ cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
if (!cgrp)
return -ENODEV;
spin_lock(&release_agent_path_lock);
@@ -2983,27 +2990,23 @@ static int cgroup_update_dfl_csses(struct cgroup *cgrp)
}

/**
- * cgroup_drain_offline - wait for previously offlined csses to go away
+ * cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline - lock cgroup_mutex and drain offlined csses
* @cgrp: root of the target subtree
*
* Because css offlining is asynchronous, userland may try to re-enable a
- * controller while the previous css is still around. This function drains
- * the previous css instances of @cgrp's subtree.
- *
- * Must be called with cgroup_mutex held. Returns %false if there were no
- * dying css instances. Returns %true if there were one or more and this
- * function waited. On %true return, cgroup_mutex has been dropped and
- * re-acquired inbetween which anything could have happened. The caller
- * typically would have to start over.
+ * controller while the previous css is still around. This function grabs
+ * cgroup_mutex and drains the previous css instances of @cgrp's subtree.
*/
-static bool cgroup_drain_offline(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static void cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+ __acquires(&cgroup_mutex)
{
struct cgroup *dsct;
struct cgroup_subsys_state *d_css;
struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
int ssid;

- lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
+restart:
+ mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);

cgroup_for_each_live_descendant_post(dsct, d_css, cgrp) {
for_each_subsys(ss, ssid) {
@@ -3020,14 +3023,11 @@ static bool cgroup_drain_offline(struct cgroup *cgrp)
mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
schedule();
finish_wait(&dsct->offline_waitq, &wait);
- mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);

cgroup_put(dsct);
- return true;
+ goto restart;
}
}
-
- return false;
}

/**
@@ -3110,6 +3110,8 @@ static int cgroup_apply_control_enable(struct cgroup *cgrp)
for_each_subsys(ss, ssid) {
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = cgroup_css(dsct, ss);

+ WARN_ON_ONCE(css && percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt));
+
if (!(cgroup_ss_mask(dsct) & (1 << ss->id)))
continue;

@@ -3154,6 +3156,8 @@ static void cgroup_apply_control_disable(struct cgroup *cgrp)
for_each_subsys(ss, ssid) {
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = cgroup_css(dsct, ss);

+ WARN_ON_ONCE(css && percpu_ref_is_dying(&css->refcnt));
+
if (!css)
continue;

@@ -3263,7 +3267,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_subtree_control_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
return -EINVAL;
}

- cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn);
+ cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, true);
if (!cgrp)
return -ENODEV;

@@ -3308,11 +3312,6 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_subtree_control_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
goto out_unlock;
}

- if (cgroup_drain_offline(cgrp)) {
- cgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn);
- return restart_syscall();
- }
-
/* save and update control masks and prepare csses */
cgroup_save_control(cgrp);

@@ -5136,7 +5135,7 @@ static int cgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
if (strchr(name, '\n'))
return -EINVAL;

- parent = cgroup_kn_lock_live(parent_kn);
+ parent = cgroup_kn_lock_live(parent_kn, false);
if (!parent)
return -ENODEV;

@@ -5335,7 +5334,7 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct kernfs_node *kn)
struct cgroup *cgrp;
int ret = 0;

- cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(kn);
+ cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(kn, false);
if (!cgrp)
return 0;

--
2.5.0