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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-03-08 11:57:38 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-03-08 11:57:38 -0800
commitca62eec4e524591b82d9edf7a18e3ae6b691517d (patch)
tree38dee50b3e587e237103a5b07ff1b8062b13244d /kernel
parent15b04859a21358f8aec1c06b4604877d604b05ee (diff)
parent99afb0fd5f05aac467ffa85c36778fec4396209b (diff)
downloadlinux-ca62eec4e524591b82d9edf7a18e3ae6b691517d.tar.gz
Merge branch 'for-3.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
Pull cgroup fixes from Tejun Heo:
 "Two cpuset locking fixes from Li.  Both tagged for -stable"

* 'for-3.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cpuset: fix a race condition in __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall()
  cpuset: fix a locking issue in cpuset_migrate_mm()
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cpuset.c10
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 4410ac6a55f1..e6b1b66afe52 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -974,12 +974,6 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
  *    Temporarilly set tasks mems_allowed to target nodes of migration,
  *    so that the migration code can allocate pages on these nodes.
  *
- *    Call holding cpuset_mutex, so current's cpuset won't change
- *    during this call, as manage_mutex holds off any cpuset_attach()
- *    calls.  Therefore we don't need to take task_lock around the
- *    call to guarantee_online_mems(), as we know no one is changing
- *    our task's cpuset.
- *
  *    While the mm_struct we are migrating is typically from some
  *    other task, the task_struct mems_allowed that we are hacking
  *    is for our current task, which must allocate new pages for that
@@ -996,8 +990,10 @@ static void cpuset_migrate_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, const nodemask_t *from,
 
 	do_migrate_pages(mm, from, to, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL);
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	mems_cs = effective_nodemask_cpuset(task_cs(tsk));
 	guarantee_online_mems(mems_cs, &tsk->mems_allowed);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2486,9 +2482,9 @@ int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
 	task_lock(current);
 	cs = nearest_hardwall_ancestor(task_cs(current));
+	allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed);
 	task_unlock(current);
 
-	allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed);
 	mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
 	return allowed;
 }