[PATCH cgroup/for-3.12 1/2] cgroup: fix cgroup_write_event_control()

[PATCH cgroup/for-3.12 1/2] cgroup: fix cgroup_write_event_control()

[Tejun Heo]

From 994a762080e4b136171c82ac78f7d7bbf17a451d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:38:21 -0400

81eeaf0411 ("cgroup: make cftype->[un]register_event() deal with
cgroup_subsys_state inst ead of cgroup") updated the cftype event
methods to take @css (cgroup_subsys_state) instead of @cgroup;
however, it incorrectly used @css passed to
cgroup_write_event_control(), which the dummy_css for the cgroup as
the file is a cgroup core file.  This leads to oops on event
registration.

Fix it by using the css matching the event target file.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 66d0107..ef93bfd 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4044,10 +4044,10 @@ static void cgroup_event_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file,
  * Input must be in format '<event_fd> <control_fd> <args>'.
  * Interpretation of args is defined by control file implementation.
  */
-static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
+static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *dummy_css,
 				      struct cftype *cft, const char *buffer)
 {
-	struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp = dummy_css->cgroup;
 	struct cgroup_event *event;
 	struct cgroup *cgrp_cfile;
 	unsigned int efd, cfd;
@@ -4069,7 +4069,7 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 	event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	event->css = css;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->list);
 	init_poll_funcptr(&event->pt, cgroup_event_ptable_queue_proc);
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&event->wait, cgroup_event_wake);
@@ -4105,6 +4105,18 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 		goto out_put_cfile;
 	}
 
+	/* determine the css of @cfile and associate @event with it */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	event->css = cgroup_css(cgrp, event->cft->ss);
+	if (event->css)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_put_cfile;
+
 	/*
 	 * The file to be monitored must be in the same cgroup as
 	 * cgroup.event_control is.
@@ -4120,7 +4132,7 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 		goto out_put_cfile;
 	}
 
-	ret = event->cft->register_event(css, event->cft,
+	ret = event->cft->register_event(event->css, event->cft,
 			event->eventfd, buffer);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put_cfile;
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [PATCH cgroup/for-3.12 1/2] cgroup: fix cgroup_write_event_control()

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:40:32AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> From 994a762080e4b136171c82ac78f7d7bbf17a451d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:38:21 -0400
> 
> 81eeaf0411 ("cgroup: make cftype->[un]register_event() deal with
> cgroup_subsys_state inst ead of cgroup") updated the cftype event
> methods to take @css (cgroup_subsys_state) instead of @cgroup;
> however, it incorrectly used @css passed to
> cgroup_write_event_control(), which the dummy_css for the cgroup as
> the file is a cgroup core file.  This leads to oops on event
> registration.
> 
> Fix it by using the css matching the event target file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

Oops, wrong patch.  Please ignore.  Will resend soon.

Sorry about the noise.

-- 
tejun