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SubjectRe: [patch] cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:13:46AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 14:54 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
>
> > forgot rcu_read_unlock() ?
>
> Eek, we don't need another one of those. Thanks.
>
> > Otherwise Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
>
> cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd or PF_THREAD_BOUND threads
>
> Allowing kthreadd to be moved to a non-root group makes no sense, it being
> a global resource, and needlessly leads unsuspecting users toward trouble.
>
> 1. An RT workqueue worker thread spawned in a task group with no rt_runtime
> allocated is not schedulable. Simple user error, but harmful to the box.
>
> 2. A worker thread which acquires PF_THREAD_BOUND can never leave a cpuset,
> rendering the cpuset immortal.
>
> Save the user some unexpected trouble, just say no.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>

Applied to cgroup/for-3.5. Thanks.

--
tejun


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