Re: INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage - include/linux/cgroup.h:492invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Sun Apr 18 2010 - 23:46:02 EST


Should be [tip:core/urgent]

Acked-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>
> Looks reasonable to me!
>
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> kernel/sched.c | 10 ++++++++++
>> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
>> index 3acf694..2e06d87 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
>> @@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
>> /* Change a task's cfs_rq and parent entity if it moves across CPUs/groups */
>> static inline void set_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
>> {
>> + /*
>> + * Strictly speaking this rcu_read_lock() is not needed since the
>> + * task_group is tied to the cgroup, which in turn can never go away
>> + * as long as there are tasks attached to it.
>> + *
>> + * However since task_group() uses task_subsys_state() which is an
>> + * rcu_dereference() user, this quiets CONFIG_PROVE_RCU.
>> + */
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>> p->se.cfs_rq = task_group(p)->cfs_rq[cpu];
>> p->se.parent = task_group(p)->se[cpu];
>> @@ -332,6 +341,7 @@ static inline void set_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
>> p->rt.rt_rq = task_group(p)->rt_rq[cpu];
>> p->rt.parent = task_group(p)->rt_se[cpu];
>> #endif
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> }
>>
>> #else
>>
>>
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