Re: [PATCH v2] cgroup/cpuset: Remove cpus_allowed/mems_allowed setup in cpuset_init_smp()

[Waiman Long]

On 4/25/22 23:23, Feng Tang wrote:
> Hi Waiman,
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:55:05AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> > There are 3 places where the cpu and node masks of the top cpuset can
> > be initialized in the order they are executed:
> >   1) start_kernel -> cpuset_init()
> >   2) start_kernel -> cgroup_init() -> cpuset_bind()
> >   3) kernel_init_freeable() -> do_basic_setup() -> cpuset_init_smp()
> >
> > The first cpuset_init() function just sets all the bits in the masks.
> > The last one executed is cpuset_init_smp() which sets up cpu and node
> > masks suitable for v1, but not v2.  cpuset_bind() does the right setup
> > for both v1 and v2.
> >
> > For systems with cgroup v2 setup, cpuset_bind() is called once. For
> > systems with cgroup v1 setup, cpuset_bind() is called twice. It is
> > first called before cpuset_init_smp() in cgroup v2 mode.  Then it is
> > called again when cgroup v1 filesystem is mounted in v1 mode after
> > cpuset_init_smp().
> >
> >    [    2.609781] cpuset_bind() called - v2 = 1
> >    [    3.079473] cpuset_init_smp() called
> >    [    7.103710] cpuset_bind() called - v2 = 0
> I run some test, on a server with centOS, this did happen that
> cpuset_bind() is called twice, first as v2 during kernel boot,
> and then as v1 post-boot.
>
> However on a QEMU running with a basic debian rootfs image,
> the second  call of cpuset_bind() didn't happen.

The first time cpuset_bind() is called in cgroup_init(), the kernel 
doesn't know if userspace is going to mount v1 or v2 cgroup. By default, 
it is assumed to be v2. However, if userspace mounts the cgroup v1 
filesystem for cpuset, cpuset_bind() will be run at this point by 
rebind_subsystem() to set up cgroup v1 environment and 
cpus_allowed/mems_allowed will be correctly set at this point. Mounting 
the cgroup v2 filesystem, however, does not cause rebind_subsystem() to 
run and hence cpuset_bind() is not called again.

Is the QEMU setup not mounting any cgroup filesystem at all? If so, does 
it matter whether v1 or v2 setup is used?

> > As a result, cpu and memory node hot add may fail to update the cpu and
> > node masks of the top cpuset to include the newly added cpu or node in
> > a cgroup v2 environment.
> >
> > smp_init() is called after the first two init functions.  So we don't
> > have a complete list of active cpus and memory nodes until later in
> > cpuset_init_smp() which is the right time to set up effective_cpus
> > and effective_mems.
> >
> > To fix this problem, the potentially incorrect cpus_allowed &
> > mems_allowed setup in cpuset_init_smp() are removed.  For cgroup v2
> > systems, the initial cpuset_bind() call will set them up correctly.
> > For cgroup v1 systems, the second call to cpuset_bind() will do the
> > right setup.
> >
> > cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 5 +++--
> >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > index 9390bfd9f1cd..6bd8f5ef40fe 100644
> > --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > @@ -3390,8 +3390,9 @@ static struct notifier_block cpuset_track_online_nodes_nb = {
> >    */
> >   void __init cpuset_init_smp(void)
> >   {
> > -	cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
> > -	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_MEMORY];
> So can we keep line
>    cpumask_copy(top_cpuset.cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
>
> and only remove line
>         top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_MEMORY];
> ?

That may cause cpusets.cpu to be set incorrectly for systems using 
cgroup v2. What is really important is that effective_cpus and 
effective_mems are set correctly.

Cheers,
Longman