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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched: Fix race between task_group and sched_task_group
On 10/29, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
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> On 29.10.2014 01:52, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > And cgroup_task_migrate() can free ->cgroups via call_rcu(). Of course,
> > in practice raw_spin_lock_irq() should also act as rcu_read_lock(), but
> > we should not rely on implementation details.
>
> Do you mean cgroup_task_migrate()->put_css_set_locked()? It's not
> possible there, because old_cset->refcount is lager than 1. We increment
> it in cgroup_migrate_add_src() and real freeing happens in
> cgroup_migrate_finish(). These functions are around task_migrate(), they
> are pair brackets.

Ah, I see.

> If we've got old_cset in
> cgroup_post_fork()->sched_move_task(), the right sched_task_group will
> be installed by attach->sched_move_task().

Yes, yes, this part is clear.

OK, I think the patch is fine then.

Thanks!

Oleg.



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