On 10/29/2012 07:26 PM, JoonSoo Kim wrote:
> 2012/10/19 Glauber Costa <glom...@parallels.com>:
>> +void kmem_cache_destroy_memcg_children(struct kmem_cache *s)
>> +{
>> + struct kmem_cache *c;
>> + int i;
>> +
>> + if (!s->memcg_params)
>> + return;
>> + if (!s->memcg_params->is_root_cache)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * If the cache is being destroyed, we trust that there is no one
>> else
>> + * requesting objects from it. Even if there are, the sanity checks
>> in
>> + * kmem_cache_destroy should caught this ill-case.
>> + *
>> + * Still, we don't want anyone else freeing memcg_caches under our
>> + * noses, which can happen if a new memcg comes to life. As usual,
>> + * we'll take the set_limit_mutex to protect ourselves against this.
>> + */
>> + mutex_lock(&set_limit_mutex);
>> + for (i = 0; i < memcg_limited_groups_array_size; i++) {
>> + c = s->memcg_params->memcg_caches[i];
>> + if (c)
>> + kmem_cache_destroy(c);
>> + }
>> + mutex_unlock(&set_limit_mutex);
>> +}
>
> It may cause NULL deref.
> Look at the following scenario.
>
> 1. some memcg slab caches has remained object.
> 2. start to destroy memcg.
> 3. schedule_delayed_work(kmem_cache_destroy_work_func, @delay 60hz)
> 4. all remained object is freed.
> 5. start to destroy root cache.
> 6. kmem_cache_destroy makes 's->memcg_params->memcg_caches[i]" NULL!!
> 7. Start delayed work function.
> 8. cachep in kmem_cache_destroy_work_func() may be NULL
>
> Thanks.
>
Thanks for spotting. This is the same problem we have in
memcg_cache_destroy(),
which I solved by not respawning the worker.
In here, I believe it should be possible to just cancel all remaining
pending work, since we are now in the process of deleting the caches
ourselves.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
