[Devel] [PATCH] Relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups

[Grzegorz Nosek]

The ns_proxy cgroup allows moving processes to child cgroups only one
level deep at a time. This commit relaxes this restriction and makes it
possible to attach tasks directly to grandchild cgroups, e.g.:

($pid is in the root cgroup)
echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/CG2/tasks

Previously this operation would fail with -EPERM and would have to be
performed as two steps:
echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/tasks
echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/CG2/tasks

Also, the target cgroup no longer needs to be empty to move a task there.

Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Nosek <root at localdomain.pl>
---
 include/linux/cgroup.h |    4 ++--
 kernel/cgroup.c        |   11 ++++++-----
 kernel/ns_cgroup.c     |   14 ++++----------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Changes since previous version:
 - removed the restriction of empty target cgroup when moving tasks
 - updated missed comment (s/child/descendant/)

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 1ba3ded..53188f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen);
 
 int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
 
-/* Return true if the cgroup is a descendant of the current cgroup */
-int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
+/* Return true if cgrp is a descendant of the task's cgroup */
+int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task);
 
 /* Control Group subsystem type. See Documentation/cgroups.txt for details */
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ee91952..d881222 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3104,18 +3104,19 @@ int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_is_descendant - see if @cgrp is a descendant of current task's cgrp
+ * cgroup_is_descendant - see if @cgrp is a descendant of @task's cgrp
  * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
+ * @task: the task in question
  *
- * See if @cgrp is a descendant of the current task's cgroup in
- * the appropriate hierarchy.
+ * See if @cgrp is a descendant of @task's cgroup in the appropriate
+ * hierarchy.
  *
  * If we are sending in dummytop, then presumably we are creating
  * the top cgroup in the subsystem.
  *
  * Called only by the ns (nsproxy) cgroup.
  */
-int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
+int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct cgroup *target;
@@ -3125,7 +3126,7 @@ int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 		return 1;
 
 	get_first_subsys(cgrp, NULL, &subsys_id);
-	target = task_cgroup(current, subsys_id);
+	target = task_cgroup(task, subsys_id);
 	while (cgrp != target && cgrp!= cgrp->top_cgroup)
 		cgrp = cgrp->parent;
 	ret = (cgrp == target);
diff --git a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c b/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
index 43c2111..890691a 100644
--- a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *task, struct pid *pid)
 
 /*
  * Rules:
- *   1. you can only enter a cgroup which is a child of your current
+ *   1. you can only enter a cgroup which is a descendant of your current
  *     cgroup
  *   2. you can only place another process into a cgroup if
  *     a. you have CAP_SYS_ADMIN
@@ -46,21 +46,15 @@ int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *task, struct pid *pid)
 static int ns_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 		struct cgroup *new_cgroup, struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	struct cgroup *orig;
-
 	if (current != task) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 
-		if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup))
+		if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, current))
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	if (atomic_read(&new_cgroup->count) != 0)
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	orig = task_cgroup(task, ns_subsys_id);
-	if (orig && orig != new_cgroup->parent)
+	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, task))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *ns_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
-	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup))
+	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup, current))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
 	ns_cgroup = kzalloc(sizeof(*ns_cgroup), GFP_KERNEL);
-- 
1.5.4.3

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