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fork, memcg: fix cached_stacks case

Message ID 20190102180145.57406-1-shakeelb@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series fork, memcg: fix cached_stacks case | expand

Commit Message

Shakeel Butt Jan. 2, 2019, 6:01 p.m. UTC
Commit 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on
memcg charge fail") fixes a crash caused due to failed memcg charge of
the kernel stack. However the fix misses the cached_stacks case which
this patch fixes. So, the same crash can happen if the memcg charge of
a cached stack is failed.

Fixes: 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on memcg charge fail")
Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
---
 kernel/fork.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

Michal Hocko Jan. 2, 2019, 8:23 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed 02-01-19 10:01:45, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> Commit 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on
> memcg charge fail") fixes a crash caused due to failed memcg charge of
> the kernel stack. However the fix misses the cached_stacks case which
> this patch fixes. So, the same crash can happen if the memcg charge of
> a cached stack is failed.
> 
> Fixes: 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on memcg charge fail")
> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>

Ups, I have overlook that. Thanks for catching that.
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

> ---
>  kernel/fork.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index e4a51124661a..593cd1577dff 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
>  		memset(s->addr, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
>  
>  		tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
> +		tsk->stack = s->addr;
>  		return s->addr;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1.415.g653613c723-goog
>
Rik van Riel Jan. 4, 2019, 8:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, 2019-01-02 at 10:01 -0800, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> Commit 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on
> memcg charge fail") fixes a crash caused due to failed memcg charge
> of
> the kernel stack. However the fix misses the cached_stacks case which
> this patch fixes. So, the same crash can happen if the memcg charge
> of
> a cached stack is failed.
> 
> Fixes: 5eed6f1dff87 ("fork,memcg: fix crash in free_thread_stack on
> memcg charge fail")
> Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>

Good catch. Thank you.

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
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Patch

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index e4a51124661a..593cd1577dff 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@  static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 		memset(s->addr, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
 
 		tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
+		tsk->stack = s->addr;
 		return s->addr;
 	}