[PATCH RESEND] cgroups: fix incorrect using rcu_dereference() incgroup_subsys_state()

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Tue Jan 04 2011 - 03:17:59 EST


From: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:05:28 +0800
(Original) Subject: [PATCH] cgroup: fix wrong rcu_dereference()

It is tsk->cgroups which is protected by RCU, not ->subsys[subsys_id].

laijs: updated it(the surrounding code have been changed since these two years).

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ed4ba11..a798814 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -535,10 +535,11 @@ static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_subsys_state(
* cgroup_subsys::attach() methods.
*/
#define task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, __c) \
- rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id], \
+ rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups, \
rcu_read_lock_held() || \
lockdep_is_held(&task->alloc_lock) || \
- cgroup_lock_is_held() || (__c))
+ cgroup_lock_is_held() || \
+ (__c))->subsys[subsys_id]

static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *
task_subsys_state(struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
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