[PATCH 7/7] cgroups: Add a max number of tasks subsystem

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Jul 11 2011 - 10:15:38 EST


Add a new subsystem to limit the number of running tasks,
similar to the NR_PROC rlimit but in the scope of a cgroup.

This is a step to be able to isolate a bit more a cgroup against
the rest of the system and limit the global impact of a fork bomb
inside a given cgroup.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aditya Kali <adityakali@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/cgroup.h | 9 ++
include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h | 8 ++
init/Kconfig | 7 ++
kernel/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/cgroup_max_tasks.c | 176 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/fork.c | 4 +
6 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 kernel/cgroup_max_tasks.c

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 94454143..e6dec8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -660,4 +660,13 @@ static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *t)

#endif /* !CONFIG_CGROUPS */

+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MAX_TASKS
+int cgroup_max_tasks_fork(struct task_struct *child);
+#else
+static inline int cgroup_max_tasks_fork(struct task_struct *child)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MAX_TASKS */
+
#endif /* _LINUX_CGROUP_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
index ac663c1..227540d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
@@ -59,8 +59,16 @@ SUBSYS(net_cls)
SUBSYS(blkio)
#endif

+/* */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
SUBSYS(perf)
#endif

/* */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MAX_TASKS
+SUBSYS(max_tasks)
+#endif
+
+/* */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 412c21b..46e4c03 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -690,6 +690,13 @@ config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED
select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
then noswapaccount does the trick).

+config CGROUP_MAX_TASKS
+ bool "Control max number of tasks in a cgroup"
+ depends on RESOURCE_COUNTERS
+ help
+ This option let the user to set up an upper bound allowed number
+ of tasks.
+
config CGROUP_PERF
bool "Enable perf_event per-cpu per-container group (cgroup) monitoring"
depends on PERF_EVENTS && CGROUPS
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 2d64cfc..1b5722e 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST) += backtracetest.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS) += cgroup.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER) += cgroup_freezer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_MAX_TASKS) += cgroup_max_tasks.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CPUSETS) += cpuset.o
obj-$(CONFIG_UTS_NS) += utsname.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USER_NS) += user_namespace.o
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_max_tasks.c b/kernel/cgroup_max_tasks.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c38105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_max_tasks.c
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*
+ * Limits on number of tasks subsystem for cgroups
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc., Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * Thanks to Johannes Weiner, Li Zefan, Paul Menage for their suggestions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cgroup.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/res_counter.h>
+
+
+struct task_counter {
+ struct res_counter res;
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The root task counter is ignored and is not part of the
+ * whole task counting in order to optimize the trivial case
+ * of only one root cgroup living.
+ */
+static struct task_counter root_counter;
+
+
+static inline struct task_counter *cgroup_task_counter(struct cgroup *cont)
+{
+ return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cont, max_tasks_subsys_id),
+ struct task_counter, css);
+}
+
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
+task_counter_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt, *parent_cnt;
+
+ if (!cgrp->parent) {
+ res_counter_init(&root_counter.res, NULL);
+ return &root_counter.css;
+ }
+
+ cnt = kzalloc(sizeof(*cnt), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!cnt)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ parent_cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp->parent);
+ res_counter_init(&cnt->res, &parent_cnt->res);
+
+ return &cnt->css;
+}
+
+static void task_counter_post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp);
+
+ res_counter_inherit(&cnt->res, RES_LIMIT);
+}
+
+static void task_counter_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cont);
+
+ kfree(cnt);
+}
+
+static void task_counter_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+ struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(old_cgrp);
+
+ if (cnt != &root_counter)
+ res_counter_uncharge_until(&cnt->res, &root_counter.res, 1);
+}
+
+/* Protected amongst can_attach_task/attach_task/cancel_attach_task by cgroup mutex */
+static struct res_counter *common_ancestor;
+
+static int task_counter_can_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *old_cgrp,
+ struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp);
+ struct task_counter *old_cnt = cgroup_task_counter(old_cgrp);
+ struct res_counter *limit_fail_at;
+
+ common_ancestor = res_counter_common_ancestor(&cnt->res, &old_cnt->res);
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(common_ancestor == NULL);
+
+ return res_counter_charge_until(&cnt->res, common_ancestor, 1, &limit_fail_at);
+}
+
+static void task_counter_cancel_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp);
+
+ res_counter_uncharge_until(&cnt->res, common_ancestor, 1);
+}
+
+static void task_counter_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *old_cgrp,
+ struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(old_cgrp);
+
+ res_counter_uncharge_until(&cnt->res, common_ancestor, 1);
+}
+
+static u64 max_proc_read_u64(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cont);
+ int type = cft->private;
+
+ return res_counter_read_u64(&cnt->res, type);
+}
+
+static int max_proc_write_u64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 val)
+{
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp);
+ int type = cft->private;
+
+ res_counter_write_u64(&cnt->res, type, val);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct cftype files[] = {
+ {
+ .name = "max_proc",
+ .read_u64 = max_proc_read_u64,
+ .write_u64 = max_proc_write_u64,
+ .private = RES_LIMIT,
+ },
+
+ {
+ .name = "nr_proc",
+ .read_u64 = max_proc_read_u64,
+ .private = RES_USAGE,
+ },
+};
+
+static int task_counter_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ if (!cgrp->parent)
+ return 0;
+
+ return cgroup_add_files(cgrp, ss, files, ARRAY_SIZE(files));
+}
+
+int cgroup_max_tasks_fork(struct task_struct *child)
+{
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = child->cgroups->subsys[max_tasks_subsys_id];
+ struct cgroup *cgrp = css->cgroup;
+ struct task_counter *cnt = cgroup_task_counter(cgrp);
+ struct res_counter *limit_fail_at;
+
+ /* Ignore root cgroup directory to optimize trivial common case */
+ if (cnt == &root_counter)
+ return 0;
+
+ return res_counter_charge_until(&cnt->res, &root_counter.res, 1, &limit_fail_at);
+}
+
+struct cgroup_subsys max_tasks_subsys = {
+ .name = "max_tasks",
+ .subsys_id = max_tasks_subsys_id,
+ .create = task_counter_create,
+ .post_clone = task_counter_post_clone,
+ .destroy = task_counter_destroy,
+ .exit = task_counter_exit,
+ .can_attach_task = task_counter_can_attach_task,
+ .cancel_attach_task = task_counter_cancel_attach_task,
+ .attach_task = task_counter_attach_task,
+ .populate = task_counter_populate,
+ .early_init = 1,
+};
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0276c30..feca609 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,10 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
p->group_leader = p;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->thread_group);

+ retval = cgroup_max_tasks_fork(p);
+ if (retval)
+ goto bad_fork_free_pid;
+
/* Now that the task is set up, run cgroup callbacks if
* necessary. We need to run them before the task is visible
* on the tasklist. */
--
1.7.5.4

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