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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] Revert "sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem" failed to apply to 4.2-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 4.2-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

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greg k-h

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From 0c986253b939cc14c69d4adbe2b4121bdf4aa220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:51:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem
with a global percpu_rwsem"

This reverts commit d59cfc09c32a2ae31f1c3bc2983a0cd79afb3f14.

d59cfc09c32a ("sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem with a global percpu_rwsem") and b5ba75b5fc0e ("cgroup: simplify threadgroup locking") changed how cgroup synchronizes against task fork and exits so that it uses global percpu_rwsem instead of per-process rwsem; unfortunately, the write [un]lock paths of percpu_rwsem always involve synchronize_rcu_expedited() which turned out to be too expensive.

Improvements for percpu_rwsem are scheduled to be merged in the coming v4.4-rc1 merge window which alleviates this issue. For now, revert the two commits to restore per-process rwsem. They will be re-applied for the v4.4-rc1 merge window.

include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +2 -25
index 4d8fcf2187dc..8492721b39be 100644
@@ -473,31 +473,8 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 	unsigned int depends_on;
 };
 
-extern struct percpu_rw_semaphore cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem;
-
-/**
- * cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin - threadgroup exclusion for cgroups
- * @tsk: target task
- *
- * Called from threadgroup_change_begin() and allows cgroup operations to
- * synchronize against threadgroup changes using a percpu_rw_semaphore.
- */
-static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	percpu_down_read(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
-}
-
-/**
- * cgroup_threadgroup_change_end - threadgroup exclusion for cgroups
- * @tsk: target task
- *
- * Called from threadgroup_change_end().  Counterpart of
- * cgroup_threadcgroup_change_begin().
- */
-static inline void cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	percpu_up_read(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
-}
+void cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(struct task_struct *tsk);
+void cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_CGROUPS */
 
include/linux/init_task.h +8 -0
index d0b380ee7d67..e38681f4912d 100644
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 extern struct files_struct init_files;
 extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+#define INIT_GROUP_RWSEM(sig)						\
+	.group_rwsem = __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(sig.group_rwsem),
+#else
+#define INIT_GROUP_RWSEM(sig)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUSETS
 #define INIT_CPUSET_SEQ(tsk)							\
 	.mems_allowed_seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(tsk.mems_allowed_seq),
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ extern struct fs_struct init_fs;
 	INIT_PREV_CPUTIME(sig)						\
 	.cred_guard_mutex =						\
 		 __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sig.cred_guard_mutex),		\
+	INIT_GROUP_RWSEM(sig)						\
 }
 
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
include/linux/sched.h +12 -0
index a4ab9daa387c..b7b9501b41af 100644
@@ -762,6 +762,18 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	unsigned audit_tty_log_passwd;
 	struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	/*
+	 * group_rwsem prevents new tasks from entering the threadgroup and
+	 * member tasks from exiting,a more specifically, setting of
+	 * PF_EXITING.  fork and exit paths are protected with this rwsem
+	 * using threadgroup_change_begin/end().  Users which require
+	 * threadgroup to remain stable should use threadgroup_[un]lock()
+	 * which also takes care of exec path.  Currently, cgroup is the
+	 * only user.
+	 */
+	struct rw_semaphore group_rwsem;
+#endif
 
 	oom_flags_t oom_flags;
 	short oom_score_adj;		/* OOM kill score adjustment */
kernel/cgroup.c +57 -20

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kernel/fork.c +4 -0
index 7d5f0f118a63..2845623fb582 100644
@@ -1149,6 +1149,10 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	tty_audit_fork(sig);
 	sched_autogroup_fork(sig);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	init_rwsem(&sig->group_rwsem);
+#endif
+
 	sig->oom_score_adj = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
 	sig->oom_score_adj_min = current->signal->oom_score_adj_min;
 
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Quoted 5 lines · On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 03:09:53PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:

The patch below does not apply to the 4.2-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Nevermind, figured it out, sorry for the noise...

greg k-h