[PATCH] cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen

From: Tim Van Patten
Date: Wed Nov 15 2023 - 11:21:09 EST


From: Tim Van Patten <timvp@xxxxxxxxxx>

__thaw_task() was recently updated to warn if the task being thawed was
part of a freezer cgroup that is still currently freezing:

void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
...
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(freezing(p)))
goto unlock;

This has exposed a bug in cgroup1 freezing where when CGROUP_FROZEN is
asserted, the CGROUP_FREEZING bits are not also cleared at the same
time. Meaning, when a cgroup is marked FROZEN it continues to be marked
FREEZING as well. This causes the WARNING to trigger, because
cgroup_freezing() thinks the cgroup is still freezing.

There are two ways to fix this:

1. Whenever FROZEN is set, clear FREEZING for the cgroup and all
children cgroups.
2. Update cgroup_freezing() to also verify that FROZEN is not set.

This patch implements option (2), since it's smaller and more
straightforward.

Signed-off-by: Tim Van Patten <timvp@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c
index 122dacb3a443..66d1708042a7 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c
@@ -66,9 +66,15 @@ static struct freezer *parent_freezer(struct freezer *freezer)
bool cgroup_freezing(struct task_struct *task)
{
bool ret;
+ unsigned int state;

rcu_read_lock();
- ret = task_freezer(task)->state & CGROUP_FREEZING;
+ /* Check if the cgroup is still FREEZING, but not FROZEN. The extra
+ * !FROZEN check is required, because the FREEZING bit is not cleared
+ * when the state FROZEN is reached.
+ */
+ state = task_freezer(task)->state;
+ ret = (state & CGROUP_FREEZING) && !(state & CGROUP_FROZEN);
rcu_read_unlock();

return ret;
--
2.43.0.rc0.421.g78406f8d94-goog