cgroups: Account for CSS_DEACT_BIAS in __css_put
authorSalman Qazi <sqazi@google.com>
Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:55:30 +0000 (14:55 -0700)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:38:02 +0000 (15:38 -0700)
When we fixed the race between atomic_dec and css_refcnt, we missed
the fact that css_refcnt internally subtracts CSS_DEACT_BIAS to get
the actual reference count.  This can potentially cause a refcount leak
if __css_put races with cgroup_clear_css_refs.

Signed-off-by: Salman Qazi <sqazi@google.com>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
kernel/cgroup.c

index ceeafe874b3fda0e51cef70d20b9e809f094fc77..2097684cf19474aee676513af39de14035c4fce7 100644 (file)
@@ -255,12 +255,17 @@ int cgroup_lock_is_held(void)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_lock_is_held);
 
+static int css_unbias_refcnt(int refcnt)
+{
+       return refcnt >= 0 ? refcnt : refcnt - CSS_DEACT_BIAS;
+}
+
 /* the current nr of refs, always >= 0 whether @css is deactivated or not */
 static int css_refcnt(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
        int v = atomic_read(&css->refcnt);
 
-       return v >= 0 ? v : v - CSS_DEACT_BIAS;
+       return css_unbias_refcnt(v);
 }
 
 /* convenient tests for these bits */
@@ -4982,9 +4987,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__css_tryget);
 void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
        struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
+       int v;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
-       switch (atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt)) {
+       v = css_unbias_refcnt(atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt));
+
+       switch (v) {
        case 1:
                if (notify_on_release(cgrp)) {
                        set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags);