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cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues
authorChen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 01:07:24 +0000 (01:07 +0000)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:44:11 +0000 (07:44 -1000)
commit79f919a89c9d06816dbdbbd168fa41d27411a7f9
tree4eddfc73bbb297fc7878aaf00e35f1cd9ffee252
parent6563623e604e3e235b2cee71190a4972be8f986b
cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues

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 <gaoyingjie@uniontech.com>
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Teju Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c