Re: [PATCH -mm 1/5] quick lookup memcg by ID

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:51:29 +0900
Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:37:23 +0900
> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:31:09 +0900
> > Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> (snip)
> > > > +/* 0 is unused */
> > > > +static atomic_t mem_cgroup_num;
> > > > +#define NR_MEMCG_GROUPS (CONFIG_MEM_CGROUP_MAX_GROUPS + 1)
> > > > +static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroups[NR_MEMCG_GROUPS] __read_mostly;
> > > > +
> > > > +static struct mem_cgroup *id_to_memcg(unsigned short id)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	/*
> > > > +	 * This array is set to NULL when mem_cgroup is freed.
> > > > +	 * IOW, there are no more references && rcu_synchronized().
> > > > +	 * This lookup-caching is safe.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	if (unlikely(!mem_cgroups[id])) {
> > > > +		struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> > > > +
> > > > +		rcu_read_lock();
> > > > +		css = css_lookup(&mem_cgroup_subsys, id);
> > > > +		rcu_read_unlock();
> > > > +		if (!css)
> > > > +			return NULL;
> > > > +		mem_cgroups[id] = container_of(css, struct mem_cgroup, css);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +	return mem_cgroups[id];
> > > > +}
> > > id_to_memcg() seems to be called under rcu_read_lock() already, so I think
> > > rcu_read_lock()/unlock() would be unnecessary.
> > > 
> > 
> > Maybe. I thought about which is better to add
> > 
> > 	VM_BUG_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held);
> > or
> > 	rcu_read_lock()
> > 	..
> > 	rcu_read_unlock()
> > 
> > Do you like former ? If so, it's ok to remove rcu-read-lock.
> > 
> Yes, I personally like the former.

ok, will rewrite in that style.

-Kame

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