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Subject[PATCH] cgroups: fix incorrect using rcu_dereference() in cgroup_subsys_state()

It's task->cgroups protected by RCU. and struct css_set.subsys[subsys_id]
is readonly(after init). so we don't need rcu_dereference() for
struct css_set.subsys[subsys_id].

the ways using cgroup_subsys_state() safely:

#1:
rcu_read_lock() / task_lock();
c = cgroup_subsys_state(tsk, id);
use c;
rcu_read_unlock() / task_unlock();


#2: use cgroup_lock() for _current_ task.
cgroup_lock();
c = cgroup_subsys_state(current, id);
use c;
cgroup_unlock();

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 1164963..22901ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -359,10 +360,15 @@ static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_subsys_state(
return cgrp->subsys[subsys_id];
}

+/* Caller must hold task_lock() or rcu_read_lock() */
static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *task_subsys_state(
struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
{
- return rcu_dereference(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id]);
+ /*
+ * ->subsys[subsys_id] are read-only data, so we do not need
+ * rcu_dereference() for it.
+ */
+ return rcu_dereference(task->cgroups)->subsys[subsys_id];
}

static inline struct cgroup* task_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,




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