[PATCH-tip v4] sched: Fix NULL user_cpus_ptr check in dup_user_cpus_ptr()

[Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>]

In general, a non-null user_cpus_ptr will remain set until the task dies.
A possible exception to this is the fact that do_set_cpus_allowed()
will clear a non-null user_cpus_ptr. To allow this possible racing
condition, we need to check for NULL user_cpus_ptr under the pi_lock
before duping the user mask.

Fixes: 851a723e45d1 ("sched: Always clear user_cpus_ptr in do_set_cpus_allowed()")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

 [v4] Minor comment update

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 8df51b08bb38..f2b75faaf71a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2624,19 +2624,43 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src,
 		      int node)
 {
+	cpumask_t *user_mask;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * Always clear dst->user_cpus_ptr first as their user_cpus_ptr's
+	 * may differ by now due to racing.
+	 */
+	dst->user_cpus_ptr = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This check is racy and losing the race is a valid situation.
+	 * It is not worth the extra overhead of taking the pi_lock on
+	 * every fork/clone.
+	 */
 	if (!src->user_cpus_ptr)
 		return 0;
 
-	dst->user_cpus_ptr = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, node);
-	if (!dst->user_cpus_ptr)
+	user_mask = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	if (!user_mask)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* Use pi_lock to protect content of user_cpus_ptr */
+	/*
+	 * Use pi_lock to protect content of user_cpus_ptr
+	 *
+	 * Though unlikely, user_cpus_ptr can be reset to NULL by a concurrent
+	 * do_set_cpus_allowed().
+	 */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&src->pi_lock, flags);
-	cpumask_copy(dst->user_cpus_ptr, src->user_cpus_ptr);
+	if (src->user_cpus_ptr) {
+		swap(dst->user_cpus_ptr, user_mask);
+		cpumask_copy(dst->user_cpus_ptr, src->user_cpus_ptr);
+	}
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&src->pi_lock, flags);
+
+	if (unlikely(user_mask))
+		kfree(user_mask);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.31.1