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SubjectRe: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 1/7] containers (V7): Generic container system abstracted from cpusets code
vatsa wrote:
> > if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING) {
>
> What if PF_EXITING is set after this check? If that happens then,
>
> > task_unlock(tsk);
> > mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
> > put_task_struct(tsk);
> > return -ESRCH;
> > }
>
> the following code becomes racy with cpuset_exit() ...
>
> atomic_inc(&cs->count);
> rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->cpuset, cs);
> task_unlock(tsk);

eh ... so ... ?

I don't know of any sequence where that causes any problem.

Do you see one?

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