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    cgroup: fix locking in cgroup_cfts_commit() · 48573a89
    Tejun Heo authored
    
    
    cgroup_cfts_commit() walks the cgroup hierarchy that the target
    subsystem is attached to and tries to apply the file changes.  Due to
    the convolution with inode locking, it can't keep cgroup_mutex locked
    while iterating.  It currently holds only RCU read lock around the
    actual iteration and then pins the found cgroup using dget().
    
    Unfortunately, this is incorrect.  Although the iteration does check
    cgroup_is_dead() before invoking dget(), there's nothing which
    prevents the dentry from going away inbetween.  Note that this is
    different from the usual css iterations where css_tryget() is used to
    pin the css - css_tryget() tests whether the css can be pinned and
    fails if not.
    
    The problem can be solved by simply holding cgroup_mutex instead of
    RCU read lock around the iteration, which actually reduces LOC.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarLi Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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