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    cgroup: don't online subsystems before cgroup_name/path() are operational · 07cd1294
    Tejun Heo authored
    While refactoring cgroup creation, a5bca215 ("cgroup: factor out
    cgroup_create() out of cgroup_mkdir()") incorrectly onlined subsystems
    before the new cgroup is associated with it kernfs_node.  This is fine
    for cgroup proper but cgroup_name/path() depend on the associated
    kernfs_node and if a subsystem makes the new cgroup_subsys_state
    visible, which they're allowed to after onlining, it can lead to NULL
    dereference.
    
    The current code performs cgroup creation and subsystem onlining in
    cgroup_create() and cgroup_mkdir() makes the cgroup and subsystems
    visible afterwards.  There's no reason to online the subsystems early
    and we can simply drop cgroup_apply_control_enable() call from
    cgroup_create() so that the subsystems are onlined and made visible at
    the same time.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Reported-by: default avatarKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
    Fixes: a5bca215 ("cgroup: factor out cgroup_create() out of cgroup_mkdir()") 
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.6+
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