cgroup/cpuset: Don't allow a child root partition under an isolated parent

Although it is not typical for real users to create a complicated nested
partition hierarchy, it is currently allowed to create nested root and
isolated partitions. In addition, disabling or invalidating a partition
should always be allowed especially when the cpuset is being deleted.

With a nested root and isolated partition hierarchy, it is possible
that all active housekeeping CPUs can be exhausted when disabling or
invalidating a root partition and returning its CPUs to the isolated
parent.

One way to avoid this problem is to disallow the creation of a root
partition under an isolated parent. It is indeed a new limitation imposed
on the existing cpuset partition functionality. However an isolated
partition is usually a left node where scheduling and some other kernel
noises are disabled. It doesn't make much sense to create a child root
partition under an isolated parent and remove some CPUs from the set
of isolated CPUs again. Creation of a child isolated partition under a
root or isolated parent is still allowed.

If a partition with child root partitions is converted to isolated,
the child root partitions will be invalidated.

The cgroup-v2 documentation is also updated to reflect this new
limitation. New test cases are added to test_cpuset_prs.sh to verify
this new behavior. Some existing test cases are also updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Waiman Long 2026-10-19 14:10:17 -04:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent db27a748a3
commit c0189e75d3
4 changed files with 46 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -2767,7 +2767,9 @@ Cpuset Interface Files
be retained, but behaves more like a "member".
All possible state transitions among "member", "root" and
"isolated" are allowed.
"isolated" are allowed with the exception that a local child
"root" partition is not allowed to be created under an "isolated"
parent partition.
On read, the "cpuset.cpus.partition" file can show the following
values.

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@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum prs_errcode {
PERR_HKEEPING,
PERR_ACCESS,
PERR_REMOTE,
PERR_ISOPARENT,
};
/* bits in struct cpuset flags field */

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@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static const char * const perr_strings[] = {
[PERR_HKEEPING] = "partition config conflicts with housekeeping setup",
[PERR_ACCESS] = "Enable partition not permitted",
[PERR_REMOTE] = "Have remote partition underneath",
[PERR_ISOPARENT] = "Root partition is not allowed with isolated parent",
};
/*
@ -1899,6 +1900,10 @@ static int update_parent_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
part_error = PERR_CPUSEMPTY;
goto write_error;
}
if ((parent_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) && (old_prs == -PRS_ROOT)) {
part_error = PERR_ISOPARENT;
goto write_error;
}
/* Check newmask again, whether cpus are available for parent/cs */
nocpu |= tasks_nocpu_error(parent, cs, newmask);
@ -1974,6 +1979,13 @@ static int update_parent_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
adding = cpumask_and(tmp->addmask,
cs->effective_xcpus,
parent->effective_xcpus);
} else if ((parent_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) &&
((old_prs == PRS_ROOT) || (old_prs == -PRS_ROOT))) {
part_error = PERR_ISOPARENT;
if (old_prs == PRS_ROOT) {
cpumask_copy(tmp->addmask, cs->effective_xcpus);
adding = true;
}
} else if (is_partition_invalid(cs) && !cpumask_empty(xcpus) &&
cpumask_subset(xcpus, parent->effective_xcpus)) {
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
@ -2927,6 +2939,7 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
int err = PERR_NONE, old_prs = cs->partition_root_state;
struct cpuset *parent = parent_cs(cs);
struct tmpmasks tmpmask;
int parent_prs = parent->partition_root_state;
bool isolcpus_updated = false;
bool disable_partition = false;
@ -2972,6 +2985,14 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
enum partition_cmd cmd = (new_prs == PRS_ROOT)
? partcmd_enable : partcmd_enablei;
/*
* It is not allowed to create a root partition under
* an isolated parent partition.
*/
if ((new_prs == PRS_ROOT) && (parent_prs == PRS_ISOLATED)) {
err = PERR_ISOPARENT;
goto out;
}
err = update_parent_effective_cpumask(cs, cmd, NULL, &tmpmask);
} else {
err = remote_partition_enable(cs, new_prs, &tmpmask);
@ -2985,12 +3006,15 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
* Need to update isolated_cpus.
*/
if (prstate_housekeeping_conflict(new_prs, parent_prs,
cs->effective_xcpus, NULL)) {
disable_partition = true;
cs->effective_xcpus, NULL))
err = PERR_HKEEPING;
} else {
else if (parent_prs == PRS_ISOLATED)
err = PERR_ISOPARENT;
if (!err)
isolcpus_updated = true;
}
else
disable_partition = true;
} else {
/*
* Switching back to member is always allowed even if it

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@ -288,16 +288,14 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
A1:P0|A2:P1|A3:P0|B1:P1"
" C0-3 C1-3 C3 C4 X2-3 X2-3:P1 P2 P1 0 A1:0-1|A2:2|A3:3|B1:4 \
A1:P0|A2:P1|A3:P2|B1:P1 2-4|3"
" C0-4 C1-4 C2-4 . X2-4 X2-4:P2 X4:P1 . 0 A1:0-1|A2:2-3|A3:4 \
A1:P0|A2:P2|A3:P1 2-4|2-3"
" C0-4 C1-4 C2-4 . X2-4 X2-4:P2 X3-4:P1 . 0 A1:0-1|A2:2|A3:3-4 \
A1:P0|A2:P2|A3:P1 2"
" C1-6:P1 C3-6:P1 C5-6:P1 . . P2 . . 0 A1:1-2|A2:3-6|A3:5-6 \
A1:P1|A2:P2|A3:P-1 3-6"
" C1-4:X2-4 C2-4:X3-4:P1 C3-4:X4:P2 \
. . X5 . . 0 A1:1-4|A2:2-4|A3:3-4 \
A1:P0|A2:P-1|A3:P-2 ."
" 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"
" C1-4:X2-4 C1-4:X3-4:P1 C3-4:X4:P2 \
. . . X1 . 0 A1:1-2|A2:3-4|A3:3-4 \
A1:P0|A2:P1|A3:P-2 ."
" 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"
@ -331,8 +329,8 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
" C0-3:X1-3:P2 C1-3:X2-3:P2 C2-3:X3:P2 \
. . C4:X . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:1-3|A3:2-3|XA2:|XA3: A1:P2|A2:P-2|A3:P-2 1-3"
# Local partition CPU change tests
" C0-5:P2 C4-5:P1 . . . C3-5 . . 0 A1:0-2|A2:3-5 A1:P2|A2:P1 0-2"
" C0-5:P2 C4-5:P1 . . C1-5 . . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:4-5 A1:P2|A2:P1 1-3"
" C0-5:P1 C4-5:P2 . . . C3-5 . . 0 A1:0-2|A2:3-5 A1:P1|A2:P2 3-5"
" C0-5:P1 C4-5:P2 . . C1-5 . . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:4-5 A1:P1|A2:P2 4-5"
# cpus_allowed/exclusive_cpus update tests
" C0-3:X2-3 C1-3:X2-3 C2-3:X2-3 \
@ -430,6 +428,13 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
# cpuset.cpus can become empty with task in it as it inherits parent's effective CPUs
" C1-3 C2 . . . T:C . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:1-3"
# Creation of root partition under an isolated partition is not allowed
" C1-3:P2 C2 . . . P1 . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:2 A1:P2|A2:P-1 1-3"
" C1-3:P2 C2 . . . P2 . . 0 A1:1,3|A2:2 A1:P2|A2:P2 1-3"
" C1-3:P2 C2:P2 . . . P1 . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:2 A1:P2|A2:P-1 1-3"
" C1-3:P2 C2:P1 . . . C2-3 . . 0 A1:1-3|A2:2-3 A1:P2|A2:P-1 1-3"
#
# old-A1 old-A2 old-A3 old-B1 new-A1 new-A2 new-A3 new-B1 fail ECPUs Pstate ISOLCPUS
# ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- ----- ------ --------
# Failure cases: