FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 31c88350b7dd1522792f726f79607f31bb55c50f
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026092918-captive-docile-ef46@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 31c88350b7dd1522792f726f79607f31bb55c50f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:27:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in
 remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict

When a remote partition is created underneath an existing local partition
via a non-partition (PRS_MEMBER) intermediate cgroup, update_prstate() sees
parent->partition_root_state == PRS_MEMBER and calls
remote_partition_enable().

Commit 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency
in exclusive CPUs") replaced the cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus,
subpartitions_cpus) error check in remote_partition_enable() with
WARN_ON_ONCE(). As a result, remote_partition_enable() emits a warning
and proceeds to enable the remote partition on CPUs that are already
owned by the ancestor local partition in subpartitions_cpus.

This can be reproduced on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with:

  mkdir -p /tmp/cg1
  mount -t cgroup2 none /tmp/cg1
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.partition
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B/D
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.partition

which triggers:

  WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1594 at remote_partition_enable+0x1c1/0x300

and leaves both /tmp/cg1/A and /tmp/cg1/A/B/D as active root partitions
claiming exclusive CPU 1.

Fix this by returning PERR_NOCPUS when tmp->new_cpus intersects
subpartitions_cpus in remote_partition_enable(), matching the error code
used by remote_cpus_update() for the same subpartitions_cpus conflict, and
add a regression test case to
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.

Tested in QEMU on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using the reproducer above and
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.

Fixes: 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency in exclusive CPUs")
Suggested-by: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 8f24171b6055..1fcec89a28b9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1591,10 +1591,11 @@ static int remote_partition_enable(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs,
 	 * above it or remote partition root underneath it is not allowed.
 	 */
 	compute_excpus(cs, tmp->new_cpus);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus));
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, cpu_active_mask) ||
 	    cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus))
 		return PERR_INVCPUS;
+	if (cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus))
+		return PERR_NOCPUS;
 	if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
 	     !isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->new_cpus, NULL)) ||
 	    prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, tmp->new_cpus))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index 131d8b4551ef..7efd5e645767 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
 	" C0-4:X2-4 C1-4:X2-4:P2 C2-4:X4:P1 \
 				   .      .      .      X1      .    0 A1:0-1|A2:2-4|A3:2-4 \
 								       A1:P0|A2:P2|A3:P-1 2-4"
+	" CX1-3:P1 CX1-3  CX1-3    .      .      .      P1      .    0 A1:1-3|A2:1-3|A3:1-3 \
+								       A1:P1|A2:P0|A3:P-1"
 
 	# Remote partition offline tests
 	"   C0-3    C1-3  C2-3     .    X2-3   X2-3 X2-3:P2:O2=0 .   0 A1:0-1|A2:1|A3:3 A1:P0|A3:P2 2-3"

[PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] cgroup/cpuset: Move up prstate_housekeeping_conflict() helper

[Sasha Levin]

From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>

[ Upstream commit 6cfeddbf4ade9202849d75c27c4d0c82b42c73d1 ]

Move up the prstate_housekeeping_conflict() helper so that it can be
used in remote partition code.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 31c88350b7dd ("cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 6ab677c002181..14ad95ef37ed1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,26 @@ static bool isolated_cpus_can_update(struct cpumask *add_cpus,
 	return res;
 }
 
+/*
+ * prstate_housekeeping_conflict - check for partition & housekeeping conflicts
+ * @prstate: partition root state to be checked
+ * @new_cpus: cpu mask
+ * Return: true if there is conflict, false otherwise
+ *
+ * CPUs outside of boot_hk_cpus, if defined, can only be used in an
+ * isolated partition.
+ */
+static bool prstate_housekeeping_conflict(int prstate, struct cpumask *new_cpus)
+{
+	if (!have_boot_isolcpus)
+		return false;
+
+	if ((prstate != PRS_ISOLATED) && !cpumask_subset(new_cpus, boot_hk_cpus))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void update_isolation_cpumasks(bool isolcpus_updated)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1751,26 +1771,6 @@ static void remote_cpus_update(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *xcpus,
 	remote_partition_disable(cs, tmp);
 }
 
-/*
- * prstate_housekeeping_conflict - check for partition & housekeeping conflicts
- * @prstate: partition root state to be checked
- * @new_cpus: cpu mask
- * Return: true if there is conflict, false otherwise
- *
- * CPUs outside of boot_hk_cpus, if defined, can only be used in an
- * isolated partition.
- */
-static bool prstate_housekeeping_conflict(int prstate, struct cpumask *new_cpus)
-{
-	if (!have_boot_isolcpus)
-		return false;
-
-	if ((prstate != PRS_ISOLATED) && !cpumask_subset(new_cpus, boot_hk_cpus))
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * update_parent_effective_cpumask - update effective_cpus mask of parent cpuset
  * @cs:      The cpuset that requests change in partition root state
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH 6.18.y 2/3] cgroup/cpuset: Ensure domain isolated CPUs stay in root or isolated partition

[Sasha Levin]

From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>

[ Upstream commit b1034a690129acd8995137bf4462470b4a2aa690 ]

Commit 4a74e418881f ("cgroup/cpuset: Check partition conflict with
housekeeping setup") is supposed to ensure that domain isolated CPUs
designated by the "isolcpus" boot command line option stay either in
root partition or in isolated partitions. However, the required check
wasn't implemented when a remote partition was created or when an
existing partition changed type from "root" to "isolated".

Even though this is a relatively minor issue, we still need to add the
required prstate_housekeeping_conflict() call in the right places to
ensure that the rule is strictly followed.

The following steps can be used to reproduce the problem before this
fix.

  # fmt -1 /proc/cmdline | grep isolcpus
  isolcpus=9
  # cd /sys/fs/cgroup/
  # echo +cpuset > cgroup.subtree_control
  # mkdir test
  # echo 9 > test/cpuset.cpus
  # echo isolated > test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  isolated
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.effective
  9
  # echo root > test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.effective
  9
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  root

With this fix, the last few steps will become:

  # echo root > test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.effective
  0-8,10-95
  # cat test/cpuset.cpus.partition
  root invalid (partition config conflicts with housekeeping setup)

Reported-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 31c88350b7dd ("cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 14ad95ef37ed1..17d4ef96794c1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1627,8 +1627,9 @@ static int remote_partition_enable(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs,
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, cpu_active_mask) ||
 	    cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus))
 		return PERR_INVCPUS;
-	if ((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
-	    !isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->new_cpus, NULL))
+	if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
+	     !isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->new_cpus, NULL)) ||
+	    prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, tmp->new_cpus))
 		return PERR_HKEEPING;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
@@ -3109,8 +3110,9 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
 		 * A change in load balance state only, no change in cpumasks.
 		 * Need to update isolated_cpus.
 		 */
-		if ((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
-		    !isolated_cpus_can_update(cs->effective_xcpus, NULL))
+		if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
+		     !isolated_cpus_can_update(cs->effective_xcpus, NULL)) ||
+		    prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, cs->effective_xcpus))
 			err = PERR_HKEEPING;
 		else
 			isolcpus_updated = true;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH 6.18.y 3/3] cgroup/cpuset: Return PERR_NOCPUS in remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict

[Sasha Levin]

From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 31c88350b7dd1522792f726f79607f31bb55c50f ]

When a remote partition is created underneath an existing local partition
via a non-partition (PRS_MEMBER) intermediate cgroup, update_prstate() sees
parent->partition_root_state == PRS_MEMBER and calls
remote_partition_enable().

Commit 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency
in exclusive CPUs") replaced the cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus,
subpartitions_cpus) error check in remote_partition_enable() with
WARN_ON_ONCE(). As a result, remote_partition_enable() emits a warning
and proceeds to enable the remote partition on CPUs that are already
owned by the ancestor local partition in subpartitions_cpus.

This can be reproduced on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with:

  mkdir -p /tmp/cg1
  mount -t cgroup2 none /tmp/cg1
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.partition
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cgroup.subtree_control

  mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B/D
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus
  echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
  echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.partition

which triggers:

  WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1594 at remote_partition_enable+0x1c1/0x300

and leaves both /tmp/cg1/A and /tmp/cg1/A/B/D as active root partitions
claiming exclusive CPU 1.

Fix this by returning PERR_NOCPUS when tmp->new_cpus intersects
subpartitions_cpus in remote_partition_enable(), matching the error code
used by remote_cpus_update() for the same subpartitions_cpus conflict, and
add a regression test case to
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.

Tested in QEMU on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using the reproducer above and
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.

Fixes: 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency in exclusive CPUs")
Suggested-by: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c                            | 3 ++-
 tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 17d4ef96794c1..eebbede820700 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1623,10 +1623,11 @@ static int remote_partition_enable(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs,
 	 * above it or remote partition root underneath it is not allowed.
 	 */
 	compute_excpus(cs, tmp->new_cpus);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus));
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, cpu_active_mask) ||
 	    cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus))
 		return PERR_INVCPUS;
+	if (cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus))
+		return PERR_NOCPUS;
 	if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
 	     !isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->new_cpus, NULL)) ||
 	    prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, tmp->new_cpus))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index 592e533cd4d7b..6f7e387f68e5b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
 	" C0-4:X2-4:S+ C1-4:X2-4:S+:P2 C2-4:X4:P1 \
 				   .      .      .      X1      .    0 A1:0-1|A2:2-4|A3:2-4 \
 								       A1:P0|A2:P2|A3:P-1 2-4"
+	" CX1-3:P1 CX1-3  CX1-3    .      .      .      P1      .    0 A1:1-3|A2:1-3|A3:1-3 \
+								       A1:P1|A2:P0|A3:P-1"
 
 	# Remote partition offline tests
 	" C0-3:S+ C1-3:S+ C2-3     .    X2-3   X2-3 X2-3:P2:O2=0 .   0 A1:0-1|A2:1|A3:3 A1:P0|A3:P2 2-3"
-- 
2.53.0