Re: [PATCH] kernel/sched: Fix sched_fork() access an invalid sched_task_group

From: Zhang Qiao
Date: Wed Sep 01 2021 - 03:43:19 EST



hello,tejun.

在 2021/9/1 6:59, Tejun Heo 写道:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 03:58:42PM +0800, Zhang Qiao wrote:
>>> I think this would allow cgroup migrations to take place before
>>> sched_post_fork() is run, which likely will break stuff. The right

cgroup migrations? Do you mean child process set its cgroups at
cgroup_subsys->fork()?

>>> thing to do likely is taking sched_task_group (and whatever other
>>> fields) after cgroup_can_fork(), which fixates the cgroup memberships,
>>
>> But it still seems possible that it accessed an invalid sched_task_group?
>> because the child process does not update its sched_task_group util
>> cgroup_post_fork().
>
> Between cgroup_can_fork() and cgroup_post_fork(), the cgroup membership and
> thus sched_task_group can't change, so if the child sets it to the parent's
> inbetween, the sched_task_group can't go away.

so the child just need to update its sched_task_group after cgroup_can_fork(),
then call sched_fork(), is it right?

thanks.

--
Qiao Zhang.
>
> Thanks.
>