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cgroups: Account for CSS_DEACT_BIAS in __css_put
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When we fixed the race between atomic_dec and css_refcnt, we missed
the fact that css_refcnt internally subtracts CSS_DEACT_BIAS to get
the actual reference count.  This can potentially cause a refcount leak
if __css_put races with cgroup_clear_css_refs.

Signed-off-by: Salman Qazi <sqazi@google.com>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Salman Qazi authored and Tejun Heo committed Jun 18, 2012
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions kernel/cgroup.c
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Expand Up @@ -255,12 +255,17 @@ int cgroup_lock_is_held(void)

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_lock_is_held);

static int css_unbias_refcnt(int refcnt)
{
return refcnt >= 0 ? refcnt : refcnt - CSS_DEACT_BIAS;
}

/* the current nr of refs, always >= 0 whether @css is deactivated or not */
static int css_refcnt(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
{
int v = atomic_read(&css->refcnt);

return v >= 0 ? v : v - CSS_DEACT_BIAS;
return css_unbias_refcnt(v);
}

/* convenient tests for these bits */
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void __css_put(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
{
struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
int v;

rcu_read_lock();
switch (atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt)) {
v = css_unbias_refcnt(atomic_dec_return(&css->refcnt));

switch (v) {
case 1:
if (notify_on_release(cgrp)) {
set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &cgrp->flags);
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