[PATCH] memcg: fix a race when setting memory.swappiness

[PATCH] memcg: fix a race when setting memory.swappiness

[Li Zefan]

(suppose: memcg->use_hierarchy == 0 and memcg->swappiness == 60)

echo 10 > /memcg/0/swappiness   |
  mem_cgroup_swappiness_write() |
    ...                         | echo 1 > /memcg/0/use_hierarchy
                                | mkdir /mnt/0/1
                                |   sub_memcg->swappiness = 60;
    memcg->swappiness = 10;     |

In the above scenario, we end up having 2 different swappiness
values in a single hierarchy.

We should hold cgroup_lock() when cheking cgrp->children list.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/memcontrol.c |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index fb62b43..bc8f101 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1992,6 +1992,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_swappiness_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgrp);
 	struct mem_cgroup *parent;
+
 	if (val > 100)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1999,15 +2000,22 @@ static int mem_cgroup_swappiness_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	parent = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgrp->parent);
+
+	cgroup_lock();
+
 	/* If under hierarchy, only empty-root can set this value */
 	if ((parent->use_hierarchy) ||
-	    (memcg->use_hierarchy && !list_empty(&cgrp->children)))
+	    (memcg->use_hierarchy && !list_empty(&cgrp->children))) {
+		cgroup_unlock();
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
 	memcg->swappiness = val;
 	spin_unlock(&memcg->reclaim_param_lock);
 
+	cgroup_unlock();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.4.rc3

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