* [PATCH v4 1/3] cgroup/cpuset: return PERR_NOCPUS in remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict
2026-09-24 4:27 [PATCH v4 0/3] cgroup/cpuset: fix exclusive CPU conflict checks for local and remote partitions Hui Peng
@ 2026-09-24 4:27 ` Hui Peng
2026-09-24 4:27 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] cgroup/cpuset: prevent activating local partition over remote one Hui Peng
2026-09-24 4:27 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] cgroup/cpuset: check sibling effective_xcpus in cpus_excl_conflict() Hui Peng
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From: Hui Peng @ 2026-09-24 4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Waiman Long, Ridong Chen, Guopeng Zhang, Tejun Heo,
Johannes Weiner, Michal Koutný
Cc: Shuah Khan, Chen Ridong, cgroups, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel,
Hui Peng, stable
When a remote partition is created underneath an existing local partition
via a non-partition (PRS_MEMBER) intermediate cgroup, update_prstate() sees
parent->partition_root_state == PRS_MEMBER and calls
remote_partition_enable().
Commit 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency
in exclusive CPUs") replaced the cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus,
subpartitions_cpus) error check in remote_partition_enable() with
WARN_ON_ONCE(). As a result, remote_partition_enable() emits a warning
and proceeds to enable the remote partition on CPUs that are already
owned by the ancestor local partition in subpartitions_cpus.
This can be reproduced on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with:
mkdir -p /tmp/cg1
mount -t cgroup2 none /tmp/cg1
echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/cgroup.subtree_control
mkdir /tmp/cg1/A
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/cpuset.cpus.partition
echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/cgroup.subtree_control
mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
echo "+cpuset" > /tmp/cg1/A/B/cgroup.subtree_control
mkdir /tmp/cg1/A/B/D
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus
echo 1 > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
echo root > /tmp/cg1/A/B/D/cpuset.cpus.partition
which triggers:
WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1594 at remote_partition_enable+0x1c1/0x300
and leaves both /tmp/cg1/A and /tmp/cg1/A/B/D as active root partitions
claiming exclusive CPU 1.
Fix this by returning PERR_NOCPUS when tmp->new_cpus intersects
subpartitions_cpus in remote_partition_enable(), matching the error code
used by remote_cpus_update() for the same subpartitions_cpus conflict, and
add a regression test case to
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Tested in QEMU on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using the reproducer above and
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Fixes: 86888c7bd117 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add warnings to catch inconsistency in exclusive CPUs")
Suggested-by: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 3 ++-
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 2538faac9aba..7381fa8502e7 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1591,10 +1591,11 @@ static int remote_partition_enable(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs,
* above it or remote partition root underneath it is not allowed.
*/
compute_excpus(cs, tmp->new_cpus);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus));
if (!cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, cpu_active_mask) ||
cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus))
return PERR_INVCPUS;
+ if (cpumask_intersects(tmp->new_cpus, subpartitions_cpus))
+ return PERR_NOCPUS;
if (((new_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
!isolated_cpus_can_update(tmp->new_cpus, NULL)) ||
prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, tmp->new_cpus))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index 3f7e81709365..b732078bf319 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
" C0-4:X2-4 C1-4:X2-4:P2 C2-4:X4:P1 \
. . . X1 . 0 A1:0-1|A2:2-4|A3:2-4 \
A1:P0|A2:P2|A3:P-1 2-4"
+ " CX1-3:P1 CX1-3 CX1-3 . . . P1 . 0 A1:1-3|A2:1-3|A3:1-3 \
+ A1:P1|A2:P0|A3:P-1"
# Remote partition offline tests
" C0-3 C1-3 C2-3 . X2-3 X2-3 X2-3:P2:O2=0 . 0 A1:0-1|A2:1|A3:3 A1:P0|A3:P2 2-3"
--
2.49.0
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@ 2026-09-24 4:27 ` Hui Peng
2026-09-24 4:27 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] cgroup/cpuset: check sibling effective_xcpus in cpus_excl_conflict() Hui Peng
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From: Hui Peng @ 2026-09-24 4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Waiman Long, Ridong Chen, Guopeng Zhang, Tejun Heo,
Johannes Weiner, Michal Koutný
Cc: Shuah Khan, Chen Ridong, cgroups, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel,
Hui Peng, stable
Commit 6da580ec656a ("cgroup/cpuset: Don't allow creation of local
partition over a remote one") added a check in update_prstate() to reject
creating a top-level local partition whose cs->exclusive_cpus intersects
subpartitions_cpus.
However, if a top-level cgroup A1 has a child A1/A2 enabled as a remote
partition on a subset of its exclusive CPUs (X2-3 on A1, CX2-3:P2 on
A1/A2), and A1 is then set to "root" (P1, becoming "root invalid" via
update_prstate() because its exclusive CPUs intersect subpartitions_cpus)
followed by expanding its CPUs to include additional non-remote CPUs
(CX1-3), update_cpumask() / update_exclusive_cpumask() calls
validate_partition() without going through update_prstate(). Because
validate_partition() does not check trialcs->exclusive_cpus against
subpartitions_cpus, A1 transitions from "root invalid" to a valid local
partition over the existing remote partition A1/A2 and triggers:
WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1943 at update_parent_effective_cpumask+0x189b/0x1fd0
Check trialcs->exclusive_cpus against subpartitions_cpus in
validate_partition() when !is_partition_valid(cs), and add a regression
test case to tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Tested in QEMU on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Fixes: 6da580ec656a ("cgroup/cpuset: Don't allow creation of local partition over a remote one")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 4 ++++
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 2 ++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 7381fa8502e7..7c5b4a8f1f3a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -2415,6 +2415,10 @@ static enum prs_errcode validate_partition(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *tri
if (cpumask_empty(trialcs->effective_xcpus))
return PERR_INVCPUS;
+ if ((parent == &top_cpuset) && !is_partition_valid(cs) &&
+ cpumask_intersects(trialcs->exclusive_cpus, subpartitions_cpus))
+ return PERR_REMOTE;
+
if (prstate_housekeeping_conflict(trialcs->partition_root_state,
trialcs->effective_xcpus))
return PERR_HKEEPING;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index b732078bf319..4a451350ad84 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
" C1-3:P2 X4:P2 . . . X3:P2 . . 0 A1:1-2|XA1:1-3|A2:3:XA2:3 A1:P2|A2:P2 1-3"
" C0-3:P2 . . C4-6 C0-4 . . . 0 A1:0-4|B1:5-6 A1:P2|B1:P0"
" C0-3:P2 . . C4-6 C0-4:C0-3 . . . 0 A1:0-3|B1:4-6 A1:P2|B1:P0 0-3"
+ " X2-3 CX2-3:P2 . . P1:CX1-3 . . . 0 A1:1|A2:2-3|XA2:2-3 \
+ A1:P-1|A2:P2 2-3"
# Local partition invalidation tests
" C0-3:X1-3:P2 C1-3:X2-3:P2 C2-3:X3:P2 \
--
2.49.0
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2026-09-24 4:27 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] cgroup/cpuset: return PERR_NOCPUS in remote_partition_enable() on subpartitions_cpus conflict Hui Peng
2026-09-24 4:27 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] cgroup/cpuset: prevent activating local partition over remote one Hui Peng
@ 2026-09-24 4:27 ` Hui Peng
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From: Hui Peng @ 2026-09-24 4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Waiman Long, Ridong Chen, Guopeng Zhang, Tejun Heo,
Johannes Weiner, Michal Koutný
Cc: Shuah Khan, Chen Ridong, cgroups, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel,
Hui Peng, stable
In cpus_excl_conflict(), when a valid local partition A1 uses implicit
exclusive CPUs (cpuset.cpus set without cpuset.cpus.exclusive, so
sibling->exclusive_cpus is empty while sibling->effective_xcpus is
populated), a sibling cgroup B1 can still set cpuset.cpus.exclusive on
the same CPUs because cpus_excl_conflict() only checks
sibling->exclusive_cpus.
Fall back to sibling->effective_xcpus in cpus_excl_conflict() when
sibling->exclusive_cpus is empty, and add a regression test case to
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Tested in QEMU on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh.
Fixes: 2a3602030d80 ("cgroup/cpuset: Don't invalidate sibling partitions on cpuset.cpus conflict")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 5 ++++-
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 1 +
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 7c5b4a8f1f3a..f46a51f07938 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ static inline bool cpus_excl_conflict(struct cpuset *trial, struct cpuset *sibli
return true;
/* Exclusive_cpus cannot intersect */
- return cpumask_intersects(trial->exclusive_cpus, sibling->exclusive_cpus);
+ return cpumask_intersects(trial->exclusive_cpus,
+ cpumask_empty(sibling->exclusive_cpus)
+ ? sibling->effective_xcpus
+ : sibling->exclusive_cpus);
}
static inline bool mems_excl_conflict(struct cpuset *cs1, struct cpuset *cs2)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index f4d1822d4e21..f62155cf6162 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
# Changes to cpuset.cpus.exclusive that violate exclusivity rule is rejected
" C0-3 . . C4-5 X0-3 . . X3-5 1 A1:0-3|B1:4-5"
+ " C0-3:P1 . . C4-5 . . . X3-5 1 A1:0-3|B1:4-5 A1:P1|B1:P0"
# cpuset.cpus.exclusive cannot be set to a superset of sibling's cpuset.cpus
" C0-3 . . C4-5 X3-5 . . . 1 A1:0-3|B1:4-5"
--
2.49.0
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