Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] memcg: fail to create cgroup if the cgroup id istoo big

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Jul 24 2013 - 10:28:00 EST


On Wed 24-07-13 18:02:19, Li Zefan wrote:
> memcg requires the cgroup id to be smaller than 65536.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>

One suggestion bellow

> ---
> mm/memcontrol.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 35d8286..403c8d9 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -512,6 +512,12 @@ static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> return (memcg == root_mem_cgroup);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * We restrict the id in the range of [1, 65535], so it can fit into
> + * an unsigned short.
> + */
> +#define MEM_CGROUP_ID_MAX (65535)

USHRT_MAX

> +
> static inline unsigned short mem_cgroup_id(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> {
> /*
> @@ -6243,6 +6249,9 @@ mem_cgroup_css_alloc(struct cgroup *cont)
> long error = -ENOMEM;
> int node;
>
> + if (cont->id > MEM_CGROUP_ID_MAX)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
> +
> memcg = mem_cgroup_alloc();
> if (!memcg)
> return ERR_PTR(error);
> --
> 1.8.0.2
>
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Michal Hocko
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