[PATCH] cpuset: make sure new tasks conform to the current config of the cpuset

[PATCH] cpuset: make sure new tasks conform to the current config of the cpuset

[Zefan Li]

A new task inherits cpus_allowed and mems_allowed masks from its parent,
but if someone changes cpuset's config by writing to cpuset.cpus/cpuset.mems
before this new task is inserted into the cgroup's task list, the new task
won't be updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
---
 kernel/cpuset.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index c7fd277..c27e533 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2069,6 +2069,20 @@ static void cpuset_bind(struct cgroup_subsys_state *root_css)
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Make sure the new task conform to the current state of its parent,
+ * which could have been changed by cpuset just after it inherits the
+ * state from the parent and before it sits on the cgroup's task list.
+ */
+void cpuset_fork(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	if (task_css_is_root(task, cpuset_cgrp_id))
+		return;
+
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, &current->cpus_allowed);
+	task->mems_allowed = current->mems_allowed;
+}
+
 struct cgroup_subsys cpuset_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_alloc	= cpuset_css_alloc,
 	.css_online	= cpuset_css_online,
@@ -2079,6 +2093,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpuset_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.attach		= cpuset_attach,
 	.post_attach	= cpuset_post_attach,
 	.bind		= cpuset_bind,
+	.fork		= cpuset_fork,
 	.legacy_cftypes	= files,
 	.early_init	= true,
 };
-- 
1.8.2.2

Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make sure new tasks conform to the current config of the cpuset

[Tejun Heo]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:25:01AM +0800, Zefan Li wrote:
> A new task inherits cpus_allowed and mems_allowed masks from its parent,
> but if someone changes cpuset's config by writing to cpuset.cpus/cpuset.mems
> before this new task is inserted into the cgroup's task list, the new task
> won't be updated accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Applied to cgroup/for-4.8-fixes w/ stable cc'd.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun