Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] cgroup/cpuset: Fix misplaced DL migration reset

From: Guopeng Zhang

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 09:33:21 EST




在 2026/9/1 20:26, Karl Mehltretter 写道:
> Mainline commit 4a39eda5fdd8 ("cgroup/cpuset: Reset DL migration state
> on can_attach() failure") puts the common error cleanup in
> cpuset_can_attach(). The 6.6.y backport instead placed that hunk at
> cpuset_can_fork()'s similarly named out_unlock label, while removing
> cpuset_can_attach()'s two existing targeted resets.
>
> If cpuset_can_attach() fails after accounting a SCHED_DEADLINE task,
> cgroup_migrate_execute() does not call cpuset_cancel_attach() for the
> failing subsystem. The temporary migration fields remain set, and a
> later successful migration can consume the stale state and corrupt
> deadline-task and pending-bandwidth accounting.
>
> Move the reset to cpuset_can_attach()'s common error exit. It is not
> needed in cpuset_can_fork(), which never accumulates migration DL state.
>
> Fixes: 14897ef9341c ("cgroup/cpuset: Reset DL migration state on can_attach() failure")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Applies to Linux 6.6.155 and 6.6.156-rc1.
>
> A controlled QEMU A/B on 6.6.155 forced an attach error after accounting a
> real SCHED_DEADLINE task. The affected kernel returned with
> nr_migrate_dl_tasks=1 and sum_migrate_dl_bw=104857; both fields were zero
> with this patch.
>
> The equivalent 6.1.y correction is submitted separately.
>
> kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> index f9c7178f51ada..bb413045d1744 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> @@ -2630,6 +2630,8 @@ static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
> */
> cs->attach_in_progress++;
> out_unlock:
> + if (ret)
> + reset_migrate_dl_data(cs);
> mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -3462,8 +3464,6 @@ static int cpuset_can_fork(struct task_struct *task, struct css_set *cset)
> cs->attach_in_progress++;
>
> out_unlock:
> - if (ret)
> - reset_migrate_dl_data(cs);
> mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
> return ret;
> }

Acked-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@xxxxxxxxxx>