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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 3/3] cgroups: make procs file writable
    On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:38:58AM -0800, Paul Menage wrote:
    > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
    > > Makes procs file writable to move all threads by tgid at once
    > >
    > > From: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu>
    > >
    > > This patch adds functionality that enables users to move all threads in a
    > > threadgroup at once to a cgroup by writing the tgid to the 'cgroup.procs'
    > > file. This current implementation makes use of a per-threadgroup rwsem that's
    > > taken for reading in the fork() path to prevent newly forking threads within
    > > the threadgroup from "escaping" while the move is in progress.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu>
    > > ---
    > > + ? ? ? /* remember the number of threads in the array for later. */
    > > + ? ? ? BUG_ON(i == 0);
    >
    > This BUG_ON() seems unnecessary, given the i++ directly above it.

    It's meant to communicate that the loop must go through at least once,
    so that 'struct cgroup *oldcgrp' will be initialised within a loop later
    (setting it to NULL in the beginning is just to shut up the compiler.)

    >
    > > + ? ? ? group_size = i;
    > > + ? ? ? rcu_read_unlock();
    > > +
    > > + ? ? ? /*
    > > + ? ? ? ?* step 1: check that we can legitimately attach to the cgroup.
    > > + ? ? ? ?*/
    > > + ? ? ? for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if (ss->can_attach) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? retval = ss->can_attach(ss, cgrp, leader);
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if (retval) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? failed_ss = ss;
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? goto out_cancel_attach;
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /* a callback to be run on every thread in the threadgroup. */
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if (ss->can_attach_task) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /* run on each task in the threadgroup. */
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? retval = ss->can_attach_task(cgrp, group[i]);
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if (retval) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? failed_ss = ss;
    >
    > Should we be setting failed_ss here? Doesn't that mean that if all
    > subsystems pass the can_attach() check but the first one fails a
    > can_attach_task() check, we don't call any cancel_attach() methods?
    >
    > What are the rollback semantics for failing a can_attach_task() check?

    They are not called in that order - it's for_each_subsys { can_attach();
    can_attach_task(); }. Although if the deal is that cancel_attach reverts
    the things that can_attach does (and can_attach_task is separate) (is
    this the case? it should probably go in the documentation), then passing
    a can_attach and failing a can_attach_task should cause cancel_attach to
    get called for that subsystem, which in this code it doesn't. Something
    like:

    retval = ss->can_attach();
    if (retval) {
    failed_ss = ss;
    goto out_cancel_attach;
    }
    retval = ss->can_attach_task();
    if (retval) {
    failed_ss = ss;
    cancel_extra_ss = true;
    goto out_cancel_attach;
    }
    ...
    out_cancel_attach:
    if (retval) {
    for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
    if (ss == failed_ss) {
    if (cancel_extra_ss)
    ss->cancel_attach();
    break;
    }
    ss->cancel_attach();
    }
    }

    >
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if (threadgroup) {
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /*
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* it is safe to find group_leader because tsk was found
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* in the tid map, meaning it can't have been unhashed
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* by someone in de_thread changing the leadership.
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*/
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? tsk = tsk->group_leader;
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(tsk));
    >
    > Can this race with an exiting/execing group leader?

    No, rcu_read_lock() is held.

    >
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } else if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING) {
    >
    > The check for PF_EXITING doesn't apply to group leaders?

    I remember discussing this bit a while back - the point that if the
    leader is PF_EXITING, that we should still iterate over its group list.
    (However, I did try to test it, and it looks like if a leader calls
    sys_exit() then the whole group goes away; is this actually guaranteed?)

    >
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /* optimization for the single-task-only case */
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? rcu_read_unlock();
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? cgroup_unlock();
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?return -ESRCH;
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?}
    > >
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /*
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* even if we're attaching all tasks in the thread group, we
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?* only need to check permissions on one of them.
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*/
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?tcred = __task_cred(tsk);
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?if (cred->euid &&
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?cred->euid != tcred->suid) {
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?rcu_read_unlock();
    > > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? cgroup_unlock();
    > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?return -EACCES;
    >
    > Maybe turn these returns into "goto out;" statements and put the
    > unlock after the out: label?
    >

    Maybe; I didn't look too hard at that function. If I revise the patch I
    can do this, though.

    Thanks,
    Ben


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