Re: [PATCH 8/9] cgroup_freezer: add ->post_create() and->pre_destroy() and track online state

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu Nov 08 2012 - 12:17:37 EST


Hello,

On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 02:23:06PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Sat 03-11-12 01:38:34, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > A cgroup is online and visible to iteration between ->post_create()
> > and ->pre_destroy(). This patch introduces CGROUP_FREEZER_ONLINE and
> > toggles it from the newly added freezer_post_create() and
> > freezer_pre_destroy() while holding freezer->lock such that a
> > cgroup_freezer can be reilably distinguished to be online. This will
> > be used by full hierarchy support.
>
> I am thinking whether freezer_pre_destroy is really needed. Once we
> reach pre_destroy then there are no tasks nor any children in the group
> so there is nobody to wake up if the group was frozen and the destroy
> callback is called after synchronize_rcu so the traversing should be
> safe.

Yeah, it might be true, but I'd still like to keep the offlining in
->pre_destroy() so that it's symmetrical w/ ->post_create(). I'll
rename and document the ops so that the roles of each are clearer.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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