Re: [PATCH cgroup] cgroup: set the correct return code if hierarchy limits are reached

Roman Gushchin
2022-07-01T02:42:36Z

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 04:25:57AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 09:13:02AM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> > I experimented on fedora36 node with LXC and centos stream 9 container.
> > and I did not noticed any critical systemd troubles with original -EAGAIN.
> > When cgroup's limit is reached systemd cannot start new services,
> > for example lxc-attach generates following output:
> >
> > [root@fc34-vvs ~]# lxc-attach c9s
> > lxc-attach: c9s: cgroups/cgfsng.c: cgroup_attach_leaf: 2084 Resource temporarily unavailable - Failed to create leaf cgroup ".lxc"
> > lxc-attach: c9s: cgroups/cgfsng.c: __cgroup_attach_many: 3517 Resource temporarily unavailable - Failed to attach to cgroup fd 11
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: lxc_attach: 1679 Resource temporarily unavailable - Failed to attach cgroup
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: do_attach: 1237 No data available - Failed to receive lsm label fd
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: do_attach: 1375 Failed to attach to container
> >
> > I did not found any loop in userspace caused by EAGAIN.
> > Messages looks unclear, however situation with the patched kernel is not much better:
> >
> > [root@fc34-vvs ~]# lxc-attach c9s
> > lxc-attach: c9s: cgroups/cgfsng.c: cgroup_attach_leaf: 2084 No space left on device - Failed to create leaf cgroup ".lxc"
> > lxc-attach: c9s: cgroups/cgfsng.c: __cgroup_attach_many: 3517 No space left on device - Failed to attach to cgroup fd 11
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: lxc_attach: 1679 No space left on device - Failed to attach cgroup
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: do_attach: 1237 No data available - Failed to receive lsm label fd
> > lxc-attach: c9s: attach.c: do_attach: 1375 Failed to attach to container
>
> I'd say "resource temporarily unavailable" is better fitting than "no
> space left on device"

+1

Thanks!