From: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
To: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>, Ridong Chen <ridong.chen@linux.dev>
Cc: "Tejun Heo" <tj@kernel.org>,
"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
"Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Guopeng Zhang" <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Invalidate remote partition on housekeeping conflict
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:36:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923103657.186937-1-guopeng.zhang@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
Widening an ancestor's exclusive CPU mask can add a boot-isolated CPU
to a valid remote partition root without touching the partition's own
control files. The partition then load balances that CPU, silently
defeating isolcpus=domain for it.
This can be reproduced on a 32-CPU system booted with
isolcpus=domain,4:
cd /sys/fs/cgroup
echo +cpuset > cgroup.subtree_control
mkdir -p A/B
echo +cpuset > A/cgroup.subtree_control
echo 2-4 > A/cpuset.cpus
echo 2-3 > A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
echo 2-4 > A/B/cpuset.cpus
echo 2-4 > A/B/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
echo root > A/B/cpuset.cpus.partition
cat A/B/cpuset.cpus.effective # 2-3
echo 2-4 > A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
cat A/B/cpuset.cpus.partition # root
cat A/B/cpuset.cpus.effective # 2-4
The last write returns 0 and leaves the hierarchy in this state:
root (cpuset.cpus.effective=0-1,5-31)
|
\-- A (member): cpuset.cpus=2-4
| cpuset.cpus.exclusive=2-4
\-- B (root, remote): cpuset.cpus=2-4
cpuset.cpus.effective=2-4
B is a remote partition: it takes its CPUs directly from the root
cpuset, and A only passes its exclusive list down. Before the last
write, that list is 2-3, so B holds 2-3 and CPU 4 stays in the
root cpuset as a boot-isolated CPU. The write widens A's exclusive
list to 2-4, which additionally grants CPU 4 to B. Nothing rejects
the grant: B remains a valid root partition, and CPU 4 is still
listed in cpuset.cpus.isolated while sitting in a load-balanced
partition.
remote_partition_enable() and validate_partition() already call
prstate_housekeeping_conflict() before granting CPUs. The ancestor
update path in remote_cpus_update() does not. Add the missing check so
that the existing prs_err path invalidates the remote partition instead
of adding the boot-isolated CPU.
Fixes: f62a5d39368e ("cgroup/cpuset: Remove remote_partition_check() & make update_cpumasks_hier() handle remote partition")
Signed-off-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 753aa65afcd7..362e5b5dccaa 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,8 @@ static void remote_cpus_update(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *xcpus,
else if ((prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
!isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->addmask, tmp->delmask))
WRITE_ONCE(cs->prs_err, PERR_HKEEPING);
+ else if (prstate_housekeeping_conflict(prs, tmp->addmask))
+ WRITE_ONCE(cs->prs_err, PERR_HKEEPING);
if (cs->prs_err)
goto invalidate;
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 10:37 UTC|newest]
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2026-09-23 10:36 Guopeng Zhang [this message]
2026-09-24 2:03 ` Ridong Chen
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