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<entry>
<title>cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues</title>
<updated>2025-09-25T09:16:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Ridong</name>
<email>chenridong@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-19T01:07:24+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9 ]

A hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly
mounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.

Related case:
cgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event
cgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio

Call Trace:
	cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8
	cgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0
	css_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338
	process_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8
	worker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0
	kthread+0xec/0x100
	ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Root Cause:

CPU0                            CPU1
mount perf_event                umount net_prio
cgroup1_get_tree                cgroup_kill_sb
rebind_subsystems               // root destruction enqueues
				// cgroup_destroy_wq
// kill all perf_event css
                                // one perf_event css A is dying
                                // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq
                                // root destruction will be executed first
                                css_free_rwork_fn
                                cgroup_destroy_root
                                cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline
                                // some perf descendants are dying
                                // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1
                                // waiting for css A to die

Problem scenario:
1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)
2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work
3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction
4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is
   blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)

Solution:
Split cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:
cgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations
cgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release
cgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation

This separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for
offline operations to complete.

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers
Fixes: 334c3679ec4b ("cgroup: reimplement rebind_subsystems() using cgroup_apply_control() and friends")
Reported-by: Gao Yingjie &lt;gaoyingjie@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Teju Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9 ]

A hung task can occur during [1] LTP cgroup testing when repeatedly
mounting/unmounting perf_event and net_prio controllers with
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1. The hang manifests in
cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline() during root destruction.

Related case:
cgroup_fj_function_perf_event cgroup_fj_function.sh perf_event
cgroup_fj_function_net_prio cgroup_fj_function.sh net_prio

Call Trace:
	cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline+0x14c/0x1e8
	cgroup_destroy_root+0x3c/0x2c0
	css_free_rwork_fn+0x248/0x338
	process_one_work+0x16c/0x3b8
	worker_thread+0x22c/0x3b0
	kthread+0xec/0x100
	ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Root Cause:

CPU0                            CPU1
mount perf_event                umount net_prio
cgroup1_get_tree                cgroup_kill_sb
rebind_subsystems               // root destruction enqueues
				// cgroup_destroy_wq
// kill all perf_event css
                                // one perf_event css A is dying
                                // css A offline enqueues cgroup_destroy_wq
                                // root destruction will be executed first
                                css_free_rwork_fn
                                cgroup_destroy_root
                                cgroup_lock_and_drain_offline
                                // some perf descendants are dying
                                // cgroup_destroy_wq max_active = 1
                                // waiting for css A to die

Problem scenario:
1. CPU0 mounts perf_event (rebind_subsystems)
2. CPU1 unmounts net_prio (cgroup_kill_sb), queuing root destruction work
3. A dying perf_event CSS gets queued for offline after root destruction
4. Root destruction waits for offline completion, but offline work is
   blocked behind root destruction in cgroup_destroy_wq (max_active=1)

Solution:
Split cgroup_destroy_wq into three dedicated workqueues:
cgroup_offline_wq – Handles CSS offline operations
cgroup_release_wq – Manages resource release
cgroup_free_wq – Performs final memory deallocation

This separation eliminates blocking in the CSS free path while waiting for
offline operations to complete.

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/runtest/controllers
Fixes: 334c3679ec4b ("cgroup: reimplement rebind_subsystems() using cgroup_apply_control() and friends")
Reported-by: Gao Yingjie &lt;gaoyingjie@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Teju Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cgroup/cpuset: Fix a partition error with CPU hotplug</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:34:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Waiman Long</name>
<email>longman@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-06T17:24:29+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 150e298ae0ccbecff2357a72fbabd80f8849ea6e ]

It was found during testing that an invalid leaf partition with an
empty effective exclusive CPU list can become a valid empty partition
with no CPU afer an offline/online operation of an unrelated CPU. An
empty partition root is allowed in the special case that it has no
task in its cgroup and has distributed out all its CPUs to its child
partitions. That is certainly not the case here.

The problem is in the cpumask_subsets() test in the hotplug case
(update with no new mask) of update_parent_effective_cpumask() as it
also returns true if the effective exclusive CPU list is empty. Fix that
by addding the cpumask_empty() test to root out this exception case.
Also add the cpumask_empty() test in cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks()
to avoid calling update_parent_effective_cpumask() for this special case.

Fixes: 0c7f293efc87 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive.effective for v2")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 150e298ae0ccbecff2357a72fbabd80f8849ea6e ]

It was found during testing that an invalid leaf partition with an
empty effective exclusive CPU list can become a valid empty partition
with no CPU afer an offline/online operation of an unrelated CPU. An
empty partition root is allowed in the special case that it has no
task in its cgroup and has distributed out all its CPUs to its child
partitions. That is certainly not the case here.

The problem is in the cpumask_subsets() test in the hotplug case
(update with no new mask) of update_parent_effective_cpumask() as it
also returns true if the effective exclusive CPU list is empty. Fix that
by addding the cpumask_empty() test to root out this exception case.
Also add the cpumask_empty() test in cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks()
to avoid calling update_parent_effective_cpumask() for this special case.

Fixes: 0c7f293efc87 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive.effective for v2")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cgroup/cpuset: Use static_branch_enable_cpuslocked() on cpusets_insane_config_key</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:34:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Waiman Long</name>
<email>longman@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-06T17:24:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 65f97cc81b0adc5f49cf6cff5d874be0058e3f41 ]

The following lockdep splat was observed.

[  812.359086] ============================================
[  812.359089] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
[  812.359097] --------------------------------------------
[  812.359100] runtest.sh/30042 is trying to acquire lock:
[  812.359105] ffffffffa7f27420 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: static_key_enable+0xe/0x20
[  812.359131]
[  812.359131] but task is already holding lock:
[  812.359134] ffffffffa7f27420 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cpuset_write_resmask+0x98/0xa70
     :
[  812.359267] Call Trace:
[  812.359272]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[  812.359367]  cpus_read_lock+0x3c/0xe0
[  812.359382]  static_key_enable+0xe/0x20
[  812.359389]  check_insane_mems_config.part.0+0x11/0x30
[  812.359398]  cpuset_write_resmask+0x9f2/0xa70
[  812.359411]  cgroup_file_write+0x1c7/0x660
[  812.359467]  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x358/0x530
[  812.359479]  vfs_write+0xabe/0x1250
[  812.359529]  ksys_write+0xf9/0x1d0
[  812.359558]  do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xe0

Since commit d74b27d63a8b ("cgroup/cpuset: Change cpuset_rwsem
and hotplug lock order"), the ordering of cpu hotplug lock
and cpuset_mutex had been reversed. That patch correctly
used the cpuslocked version of the static branch API to enable
cpusets_pre_enable_key and cpusets_enabled_key, but it didn't do the
same for cpusets_insane_config_key.

The cpusets_insane_config_key can be enabled in the
check_insane_mems_config() which is called from update_nodemask()
or cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks() with both cpu hotplug lock and
cpuset_mutex held. Deadlock can happen with a pending hotplug event that
tries to acquire the cpu hotplug write lock which will block further
cpus_read_lock() attempt from check_insane_mems_config(). Fix that by
switching to use static_branch_enable_cpuslocked().

Fixes: d74b27d63a8b ("cgroup/cpuset: Change cpuset_rwsem and hotplug lock order")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 65f97cc81b0adc5f49cf6cff5d874be0058e3f41 ]

The following lockdep splat was observed.

[  812.359086] ============================================
[  812.359089] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
[  812.359097] --------------------------------------------
[  812.359100] runtest.sh/30042 is trying to acquire lock:
[  812.359105] ffffffffa7f27420 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: static_key_enable+0xe/0x20
[  812.359131]
[  812.359131] but task is already holding lock:
[  812.359134] ffffffffa7f27420 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cpuset_write_resmask+0x98/0xa70
     :
[  812.359267] Call Trace:
[  812.359272]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[  812.359367]  cpus_read_lock+0x3c/0xe0
[  812.359382]  static_key_enable+0xe/0x20
[  812.359389]  check_insane_mems_config.part.0+0x11/0x30
[  812.359398]  cpuset_write_resmask+0x9f2/0xa70
[  812.359411]  cgroup_file_write+0x1c7/0x660
[  812.359467]  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x358/0x530
[  812.359479]  vfs_write+0xabe/0x1250
[  812.359529]  ksys_write+0xf9/0x1d0
[  812.359558]  do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xe0

Since commit d74b27d63a8b ("cgroup/cpuset: Change cpuset_rwsem
and hotplug lock order"), the ordering of cpu hotplug lock
and cpuset_mutex had been reversed. That patch correctly
used the cpuslocked version of the static branch API to enable
cpusets_pre_enable_key and cpusets_enabled_key, but it didn't do the
same for cpusets_insane_config_key.

The cpusets_insane_config_key can be enabled in the
check_insane_mems_config() which is called from update_nodemask()
or cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks() with both cpu hotplug lock and
cpuset_mutex held. Deadlock can happen with a pending hotplug event that
tries to acquire the cpu hotplug write lock which will block further
cpus_read_lock() attempt from check_insane_mems_config(). Fix that by
switching to use static_branch_enable_cpuslocked().

Fixes: d74b27d63a8b ("cgroup/cpuset: Change cpuset_rwsem and hotplug lock order")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cgroup: avoid null de-ref in css_rstat_exit()</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:34:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>JP Kobryn</name>
<email>inwardvessel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-07T00:33:50+00:00</published>
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commit eea51c6e3f6675b795f6439eaa960eb2948d6905 upstream.

css_rstat_exit() may be called asynchronously in scenarios where preceding
calls to css_rstat_init() have not completed. One such example is this
sequence below:

css_create(...)
{
	...
	init_and_link_css(css, ...);

	err = percpu_ref_init(...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	err = cgroup_idr_alloc(...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	err = css_rstat_init(css, ...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	...
err_free_css:
	INIT_RCU_WORK(&amp;css-&gt;destroy_rwork, css_free_rwork_fn);
	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &amp;css-&gt;destroy_rwork);
	return ERR_PTR(err);
}

If any of the three goto jumps are taken, async cleanup will begin and
css_rstat_exit() will be invoked on an uninitialized css-&gt;rstat_cpu.

Avoid accessing the unitialized field by returning early in
css_rstat_exit() if this is the case.

Signed-off-by: JP Kobryn &lt;inwardvessel@gmail.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Fixes: 5da3bfa029d68 ("cgroup: use separate rstat trees for each subsystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16
Reported-by: syzbot+8d052e8b99e40bc625ed@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt &lt;shakeel.butt@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit eea51c6e3f6675b795f6439eaa960eb2948d6905 upstream.

css_rstat_exit() may be called asynchronously in scenarios where preceding
calls to css_rstat_init() have not completed. One such example is this
sequence below:

css_create(...)
{
	...
	init_and_link_css(css, ...);

	err = percpu_ref_init(...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	err = cgroup_idr_alloc(...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	err = css_rstat_init(css, ...);
	if (err)
		goto err_free_css;
	...
err_free_css:
	INIT_RCU_WORK(&amp;css-&gt;destroy_rwork, css_free_rwork_fn);
	queue_rcu_work(cgroup_destroy_wq, &amp;css-&gt;destroy_rwork);
	return ERR_PTR(err);
}

If any of the three goto jumps are taken, async cleanup will begin and
css_rstat_exit() will be invoked on an uninitialized css-&gt;rstat_cpu.

Avoid accessing the unitialized field by returning early in
css_rstat_exit() if this is the case.

Signed-off-by: JP Kobryn &lt;inwardvessel@gmail.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Fixes: 5da3bfa029d68 ("cgroup: use separate rstat trees for each subsystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16
Reported-by: syzbot+8d052e8b99e40bc625ed@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt &lt;shakeel.butt@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cgroup: Add compatibility option for content of /proc/cgroups</title>
<updated>2025-08-15T14:39:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michal Koutný</name>
<email>mkoutny@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-18T09:18:54+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 646faf36d7271c597497ca547a59912fcab49be9 ]

/proc/cgroups lists only v1 controllers by default, however, this is
only enforced since the commit af000ce85293b ("cgroup: Do not report
unavailable v1 controllers in /proc/cgroups") and there is software in
the wild that uses content of /proc/cgroups to decide on availability of
v2 (sic) controllers.

Add a boottime param that can bring back the previous behavior for
setups where the check in the software cannot be changed and it causes
e.g. unintended OOMs.

Also, this patch takes out cgrp_v1_visible from cgroup1_subsys_absent()
guard since it's only important to check which hierarchy (v1 vs v2) the
subsys is attached to. This has no effect on the printed message but
the code is cleaner since cgrp_v1_visible is really about mounted
hierarchies, not the content of /proc/cgroups.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b26b60b7d0d2a5ecfd2f3c45f95f32922ed24686.camel@decadent.org.uk
Fixes: af000ce85293b ("cgroup: Do not report unavailable v1 controllers in /proc/cgroups")
Fixes: a0ab1453226d8 ("cgroup: Print message when /proc/cgroups is read on v2-only system")
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 646faf36d7271c597497ca547a59912fcab49be9 ]

/proc/cgroups lists only v1 controllers by default, however, this is
only enforced since the commit af000ce85293b ("cgroup: Do not report
unavailable v1 controllers in /proc/cgroups") and there is software in
the wild that uses content of /proc/cgroups to decide on availability of
v2 (sic) controllers.

Add a boottime param that can bring back the previous behavior for
setups where the check in the software cannot be changed and it causes
e.g. unintended OOMs.

Also, this patch takes out cgrp_v1_visible from cgroup1_subsys_absent()
guard since it's only important to check which hierarchy (v1 vs v2) the
subsys is attached to. This has no effect on the printed message but
the code is cleaner since cgrp_v1_visible is really about mounted
hierarchies, not the content of /proc/cgroups.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b26b60b7d0d2a5ecfd2f3c45f95f32922ed24686.camel@decadent.org.uk
Fixes: af000ce85293b ("cgroup: Do not report unavailable v1 controllers in /proc/cgroups")
Fixes: a0ab1453226d8 ("cgroup: Print message when /proc/cgroups is read on v2-only system")
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T17:00:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-19T17:00:47+00:00</published>
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Pull cgroup fixes from Tejun Heo:
 "An earlier commit to suppress a warning introduced a race condition
  where tasks can escape cgroup1 freezer. Revert the commit and simply
  remove the warning which was spurious to begin with"

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  Revert "cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen"
  sched,freezer: Remove unnecessary warning in __thaw_task
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Pull cgroup fixes from Tejun Heo:
 "An earlier commit to suppress a warning introduced a race condition
  where tasks can escape cgroup1 freezer. Revert the commit and simply
  remove the warning which was spurious to begin with"

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  Revert "cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen"
  sched,freezer: Remove unnecessary warning in __thaw_task
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<title>Revert "cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen"</title>
<updated>2025-07-17T17:57:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Ridong</name>
<email>chenridong@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T08:55:50+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit cff5f49d433fcd0063c8be7dd08fa5bf190c6c37.

Commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not
frozen") modified the cgroup_freezing() logic to verify that the FROZEN
flag is not set, affecting the return value of the freezing() function,
in order to address a warning in __thaw_task.

A race condition exists that may allow tasks to escape being frozen. The
following scenario demonstrates this issue:

CPU 0 (get_signal path)		CPU 1 (freezer.state reader)
try_to_freeze			read freezer.state
__refrigerator			freezer_read
				update_if_frozen
WRITE_ONCE(current-&gt;__state, TASK_FROZEN);
				...
				/* Task is now marked frozen */
				/* frozen(task) == true */
				/* Assuming other tasks are frozen */
				freezer-&gt;state |= CGROUP_FROZEN;
/* freezing(current) returns false */
/* because cgroup is frozen (not freezing) */
break out
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
/* Bug: Task resumes running when it should remain frozen */

The existing !frozen(p) check in __thaw_task makes the
WARN_ON_ONCE(freezing(p)) warning redundant. Removing this warning enables
reverting the commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check
if not frozen") to resolve the issue.

The warning has been removed in the previous patch. This patch revert the
commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not
frozen") to complete the fix.

Fixes: cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen")
Reported-by: Zhong Jiawei&lt;zhongjiawei1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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This reverts commit cff5f49d433fcd0063c8be7dd08fa5bf190c6c37.

Commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not
frozen") modified the cgroup_freezing() logic to verify that the FROZEN
flag is not set, affecting the return value of the freezing() function,
in order to address a warning in __thaw_task.

A race condition exists that may allow tasks to escape being frozen. The
following scenario demonstrates this issue:

CPU 0 (get_signal path)		CPU 1 (freezer.state reader)
try_to_freeze			read freezer.state
__refrigerator			freezer_read
				update_if_frozen
WRITE_ONCE(current-&gt;__state, TASK_FROZEN);
				...
				/* Task is now marked frozen */
				/* frozen(task) == true */
				/* Assuming other tasks are frozen */
				freezer-&gt;state |= CGROUP_FROZEN;
/* freezing(current) returns false */
/* because cgroup is frozen (not freezing) */
break out
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
/* Bug: Task resumes running when it should remain frozen */

The existing !frozen(p) check in __thaw_task makes the
WARN_ON_ONCE(freezing(p)) warning redundant. Removing this warning enables
reverting the commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check
if not frozen") to resolve the issue.

The warning has been removed in the previous patch. This patch revert the
commit cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not
frozen") to complete the fix.

Fixes: cff5f49d433f ("cgroup_freezer: cgroup_freezing: Check if not frozen")
Reported-by: Zhong Jiawei&lt;zhongjiawei1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>Merge tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup</title>
<updated>2025-06-18T21:25:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-18T21:25:50+00:00</published>
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Pull cgroup fix from Tejun Heo:

 - In cgroup1 freezer, a task migrating into a frozen cgroup might not
   get frozen immediately due to the wrong operation order. Fix it.

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup,freezer: fix incomplete freezing when attaching tasks
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Pull cgroup fix from Tejun Heo:

 - In cgroup1 freezer, a task migrating into a frozen cgroup might not
   get frozen immediately due to the wrong operation order. Fix it.

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc2-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup,freezer: fix incomplete freezing when attaching tasks
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<title>cgroup,freezer: fix incomplete freezing when attaching tasks</title>
<updated>2025-06-18T19:43:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Ridong</name>
<email>chenridong@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-18T07:32:17+00:00</published>
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An issue was found:

	# cd /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer/
	# mkdir test
	# echo FROZEN &gt; test/freezer.state
	# cat test/freezer.state
	FROZEN
	# sleep 1000 &amp;
	[1] 863
	# echo 863 &gt; test/cgroup.procs
	# cat test/freezer.state
	FREEZING

When tasks are migrated to a frozen cgroup, the freezer fails to
immediately freeze the tasks, causing the cgroup to remain in the
"FREEZING".

The freeze_task() function is called before clearing the CGROUP_FROZEN
flag. This causes the freezing() check to incorrectly return false,
preventing __freeze_task() from being invoked for the migrated task.

To fix this issue, clear the CGROUP_FROZEN state before calling
freeze_task().

Fixes: f5d39b020809 ("freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.1+
Reported-by: Zhong Jiawei &lt;zhongjiawei1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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An issue was found:

	# cd /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer/
	# mkdir test
	# echo FROZEN &gt; test/freezer.state
	# cat test/freezer.state
	FROZEN
	# sleep 1000 &amp;
	[1] 863
	# echo 863 &gt; test/cgroup.procs
	# cat test/freezer.state
	FREEZING

When tasks are migrated to a frozen cgroup, the freezer fails to
immediately freeze the tasks, causing the cgroup to remain in the
"FREEZING".

The freeze_task() function is called before clearing the CGROUP_FROZEN
flag. This causes the freezing() check to incorrectly return false,
preventing __freeze_task() from being invoked for the migrated task.

To fix this issue, clear the CGROUP_FROZEN state before calling
freeze_task().

Fixes: f5d39b020809 ("freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.1+
Reported-by: Zhong Jiawei &lt;zhongjiawei1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong &lt;chenridong@huawei.com&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Koutný &lt;mkoutny@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup</title>
<updated>2025-06-03T21:12:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-03T21:12:36+00:00</published>
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Pull cgroup fix from Tejun Heo:
 "The rstat per-subsystem split change skipped per-cpu allocation on UP
  configs; however even on UP, depending on config options, the size of
  the percpu struct may not be zero leading to crashes.

  Fix it by conditionalizing the per-cpu area allocation and usage on
  the size of the per-cpu struct"

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup: adjust criteria for rstat subsystem cpu lock access
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Pull cgroup fix from Tejun Heo:
 "The rstat per-subsystem split change skipped per-cpu allocation on UP
  configs; however even on UP, depending on config options, the size of
  the percpu struct may not be zero leading to crashes.

  Fix it by conditionalizing the per-cpu area allocation and usage on
  the size of the per-cpu struct"

* tag 'cgroup-for-6.16-rc1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup: adjust criteria for rstat subsystem cpu lock access
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