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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cgroups: fix API thinko
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On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 01:59 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> cgroup_attach_task_current_cg API that have upstream is backwards: we
> really need an API to attach to the cgroups from another process A to
> the current one.
>
> In our case (vhost), a priveledged user wants to attach it's task to cgroups
> from a less priveledged one, the API makes us run it in the other
> task's context, and this fails.
>
> So let's make the API generic and just pass in 'from' and 'to' tasks.
> Add an inline wrapper for cgroup_attach_task_current_cg to avoid
> breaking bisect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> Paul, Li, Sridhar, could you please review the following
> patch?
>
> I only compile-tested it due to travel, but looks
> straight-forward to me.
> Alex Williamson volunteered to test and report the results.
> Sending out now for review as I might be offline for a bit.
> Will only try to merge when done, obviously.

This does seem to be working here, so please review and let us know if
this looks like a suitable interface. Thanks,

Alex

> If OK, I would like to merge this through -net tree,
> together with the patch fixing vhost-net.
> Let me know if that sounds ok.
>
> Thanks!
>
> This patch is on top of net-next, it is needed for fix
> vhost-net regression in net-next, where a non-priveledged
> process can't enable the device anymore:
>
> when qemu uses vhost, inside the ioctl call it
> creates a thread, and tries to add
> this thread to the groups of current, and it fails.
> But we control the thread, so to solve the problem,
> we really should tell it 'connect to out cgroups'.
>
> What this patch does is add an API for that.
>
> include/linux/cgroup.h | 11 ++++++++++-
> kernel/cgroup.c | 9 +++++----
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
> index 43b2072..b38ec60 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
> @@ -525,7 +525,11 @@ struct task_struct *cgroup_iter_next(struct cgroup *cgrp,
> void cgroup_iter_end(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_iter *it);
> int cgroup_scan_tasks(struct cgroup_scanner *scan);
> int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *, struct task_struct *);
> -int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *);
> +int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *);
> +static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
> +{
> + return cgroup_attach_task_all(current, tsk);
> +}
>
> /*
> * CSS ID is ID for cgroup_subsys_state structs under subsys. This only works
> @@ -583,6 +587,11 @@ static inline int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats,
> }
>
> /* No cgroups - nothing to do */
> +static inline int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from,
> + struct task_struct *t)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *t)
> {
> return 0;
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
> index dce8ebc..e6293b8 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -1606,10 +1606,11 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
> }
>
> /**
> - * cgroup_attach_task_current_cg - attach task 'tsk' to current task's cgroup
> + * cgroup_attach_task_all - attach task 'tsk' to all cgroups of task 'from'
> + * @from: attach to all cgroups of a given task
> * @tsk: the task to be attached
> */
> -int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
> +int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *tsk)
> {
> struct cgroupfs_root *root;
> struct cgroup *cur_cg;
> @@ -1617,7 +1618,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
>
> cgroup_lock();
> for_each_active_root(root) {
> - cur_cg = task_cgroup_from_root(current, root);
> + cur_cg = task_cgroup_from_root(from, root);
> retval = cgroup_attach_task(cur_cg, tsk);
> if (retval)
> break;
> @@ -1626,7 +1627,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
>
> return retval;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_current_cg);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_all);
>
> /*
> * Attach task with pid 'pid' to cgroup 'cgrp'. Call with cgroup_mutex





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