From: Shu Wang <shuw...@redhat.com> cgroup_migrate assumes mgctx tset.csets is pointing to tset.src_csets at start, add tasks to tset.src_csets in func cgroup_migrate_add_task, change test.csets to tset.dst_csets in cgroup_migrate_execute.
For offline a cpu in cgroup_transfer_tasks, it will first migrate a task and cause tset.csets pointing to dst_csets. Get a NULL pointer in cgroup_taskset_first. reproducer on my 2 cpus machine: mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/test cd /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/test echo 1 > cpuset.cpus echo 0 > cpuset.mems sleep 100 & echo $! > tasks sleep 100 & echo $! > tasks echo 0 > /sys/bus/cpu/devices/cpu1/online backtrace: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000cf8 IP: cpuset_can_attach+0x2f/0x140 Call Trace: ? cpuset_attach+0x30f/0x3d0 cgroup_migrate_execute+0x71/0x3c0 cgroup_migrate+0x75/0x80 cgroup_transfer_tasks+0x1b2/0x230 cpuset_hotplug_workfn+0xa7d/0xce0 ? finish_task_switch+0x79/0x240 process_one_work+0x149/0x360 worker_thread+0x4d/0x3c0 Signed-off-by: Shu Wang <shuw...@redhat.com> --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c index 024085daab1a..165734573b5e 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ int cgroup_transfer_tasks(struct cgroup *to, struct cgroup *from) css_task_iter_end(&it); if (task) { + /* + * Reset csets to src_cets, as cgroup_migrate assumes + * csets is pointing to src_csets. + */ + mgctx.tset.csets = &mgctx.tset.src_csets; + ret = cgroup_migrate(task, false, &mgctx); if (!ret) trace_cgroup_transfer_tasks(to, task, false); -- 2.13.5