Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] cgroup: cgroup v2 freezer

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 12/11, Roman Gushchin wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 05:26:32PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 12/07, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > >
> > > Cgroup v2 freezer tries to put tasks into a state similar to jobctl
> > > stop. This means that tasks can be killed, ptraced (using
> > > PTRACE_SEIZE*), and interrupted. It is possible to attach to
> > > a frozen task, get some information (e.g. read registers) and detach.
> >
> > I fail to understand how this all supposed to work.
> >
> > > @@ -368,6 +369,8 @@ static inline int signal_pending_state(long state, struct task_struct *p)
> > >  		return 0;
> > >  	if (!signal_pending(p))
> > >  		return 0;
> > > +	if (unlikely(cgroup_task_frozen(p) && p->jobctl == JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE))
> > > +		return __fatal_signal_pending(p);
> >
> > I think I will never agree with this change ;) and I don't think it actually helps.
>
> See below.
>
> >
> > > +void cgroup_enter_frozen(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!current->frozen) {
> > > +		spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
> > > +		current->frozen = true;
> > > +		cgroup_inc_frozen_cnt(task_dfl_cgroup(current), false, true);
> > > +		spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> > > +	schedule();
> >
> > So once again, suppose it races with PTRACE_INTERRUPT, or SIGSTOP, or something
> > else which should be handled by get_signal() before do_freezer_trap().
> >
> > If (say) PTRACE_INTERRUPT comes before schedule it will be lost. Otherwise
> > the frozen task will react. This can't be right. Or I am totally confused.
>
> Why?
> PTRACE_INTERRUPT will set JOBCTL_TRAP_STOP, so signal_pending_state()
> will return true, schedule() will return immediately, and we'll handle the trap.

OK, I misread the JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE check as "jobctl & JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE".

But p->jobctl == JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE doesn't look right too. For example,
JOBCTL_STOP_DEQUEUED can be set. You probably need something like

	jobctl & (JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK | JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE) == JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE

And you need a barrier in between, iow you need set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE).

But this doesn't really matter. I don't think you need to modify signal_pending_state()
and penalize schedule(). You can do something like

	spin_lock_irq(sigllock);
	if (jobctl & (JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK | JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE) == JOBCTL_TRAP_FREEZE &&
	    !__fatal_signal_pending())
	{
		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
	}
	spin_unlock_irq(siglock);

	schedule();
	// recalc_sigpending() is not needed

in cgroup_enter_frozen() with the same effect. Which looks equally ugly and
suboptimal, but at least this doesn't touch the sched code.

> > and btw.... what about suspend? try_to_freeze_tasks() will obviously fail
> > if there is a ->frozen thread?
>
> I have to think a bit more here, but something like this will probably work:
>
> diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
> index b162b74611e4..590ac4d10b02 100644
> --- a/kernel/freezer.c
> +++ b/kernel/freezer.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p)
>                 return false;
>
>         spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
> -       if (!freezing(p) || frozen(p)) {
> +       if (!freezing(p) || frozen(p) || cgroup_task_frozen()) {
>                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
>                 return false;
>         }
>
> --
>
> If the task is already frozen by the cgroup freezer, we don't have to do
> anything additionally.

I don't think so. A cgroup_task_frozen() task can be killed after
try_to_freeze_tasks() succeeds, and the exiting task can close files,
do IO, etc. Or it can be thawed by cgroup_freeze_task(false).

In short, if try_to_freeze_tasks() succeeds, the caller has all rights
to assume that nobody can escape from __refrigerator().


And what about TASK_STOPPED/TASK_TRACED tasks? They can not be frozen
or thawed, right? This doesn't look good, and this differs from the
current freezer controller...

Oleg.