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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Petr Malat <oss@malat.biz>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7.0.y 1/2] cgroup: Increment nr_dying_subsys_* from rmdir context
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 12:33:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513163314.3807064-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026051228-thrift-subside-ee8f@gregkh>

From: Petr Malat <oss@malat.biz>

[ Upstream commit 13e786b64bd3fd81c7eb22aa32bf8305c32f2ccf ]

Incrementing nr_dying_subsys_* in offline_css(), which is executed by
cgroup_offline_wq worker, leads to a race where user can see the value
to be 0 if he reads cgroup.stat after calling rmdir and before the worker
executes. This makes the user wrongly expect resources released by the
removed cgroup to be available for a new assignment.

Increment nr_dying_subsys_* from kill_css(), which is called from the
cgroup_rmdir() context.

Fixes: ab0312526867 ("cgroup: Show # of subsystem CSSes in cgroup.stat")
Signed-off-by: Petr Malat <oss@malat.biz>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 93618edf7538 ("cgroup: Defer css percpu_ref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 4ca3cb993da29..ef517f0e929af 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5768,16 +5768,6 @@ static void offline_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(css->cgroup->subsys[ss->id], NULL);
 
 	wake_up_all(&css->cgroup->offline_waitq);
-
-	css->cgroup->nr_dying_subsys[ss->id]++;
-	/*
-	 * Parent css and cgroup cannot be freed until after the freeing
-	 * of child css, see css_free_rwork_fn().
-	 */
-	while ((css = css->parent)) {
-		css->nr_descendants--;
-		css->cgroup->nr_dying_subsys[ss->id]++;
-	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -6089,6 +6079,8 @@ static void css_killed_ref_fn(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  */
 static void kill_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
+	struct cgroup_subsys *ss = css->ss;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
 	if (css->flags & CSS_DYING)
@@ -6125,6 +6117,16 @@ static void kill_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	 * css is confirmed to be seen as killed on all CPUs.
 	 */
 	percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(&css->refcnt, css_killed_ref_fn);
+
+	css->cgroup->nr_dying_subsys[ss->id]++;
+	/*
+	 * Parent css and cgroup cannot be freed until after the freeing
+	 * of child css, see css_free_rwork_fn().
+	 */
+	while ((css = css->parent)) {
+		css->nr_descendants--;
+		css->cgroup->nr_dying_subsys[ss->id]++;
+	}
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-13 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12 12:38 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cgroup: Defer css percpu_ref kill on rmdir until cgroup is" failed to apply to 7.0-stable tree gregkh
2026-05-13 16:33 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-05-13 16:33   ` [PATCH 7.0.y 2/2] cgroup: Defer css percpu_ref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated Sasha Levin

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