Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] cgroups: subsystem module interface

[Ben Blum]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:30:22PM -0500, Ben Blum wrote:
> Add interface between cgroups subsystem management and module loading
> 
> From: Ben Blum <bblum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch implements rudimentary module-loading support for cgroups - namely,
> a cgroup_load_subsys (similar to cgroup_init_subsys) for use as a module
> initcall, and a struct module pointer in struct cgroup_subsys. Support for
> subsystem unloading not here, yet to be done (requires more advanced reference
> counting, for one thing).
> 
> I tested compiling a subsystem outside of the kernel source tree, and it was
> apparent that I wanted the EXPORT_SYMBOL for several functions, but I'm not
> sure what else it might be good to put them on. Suggestions welcome.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  include/linux/cgroup.h |    4 ++
>  kernel/cgroup.c        |   92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
> index d7f1545..c8474c4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extern void cgroup_fork_failed(struct task_struct *p, int run_callbacks,
>  			       unsigned long clone_flags);
>  extern int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats,
>  				struct dentry *dentry);
> +extern int cgroup_load_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
>  
>  extern struct file_operations proc_cgroup_operations;
>  
> @@ -477,6 +478,9 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
>  	/* used when use_id == true */
>  	struct idr idr;
>  	spinlock_t id_lock;
> +
> +	/* should be defined only by modular subsystems */
> +	struct module *module;
>  };
>  
>  #define SUBSYS(_x) extern struct cgroup_subsys _x ## _subsys;
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
> index 9966dfe..8eba8a5 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -2491,6 +2491,7 @@ int cgroup_add_file(struct cgroup *cgrp,
>  		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
>  	return error;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_add_file);
>  
>  int cgroup_add_files(struct cgroup *cgrp,
>  			struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
> @@ -2505,6 +2506,7 @@ int cgroup_add_files(struct cgroup *cgrp,
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_add_files);
>  
>  /**
>   * cgroup_task_count - count the number of tasks in a cgroup.
> @@ -3650,7 +3652,97 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
>  	mutex_init(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
>  	lockdep_set_class(&ss->hierarchy_mutex, &ss->subsys_key);
>  	ss->active = 1;
> +
> +	/* this function shouldn't be used with modular subsystems, since they
> +	 * need to register a subsys_id, among other things */
> +	BUG_ON(ss->module);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * cgroup_load_subsys: load and register a modular subsystem at runtime
> + * @ss: the subsystem to load
> + *
> + * This function should be called in a modular subsystem's initcall. If the
> + * subsytem is built as a module, it will be assigned a new subsys_id and set
> + * up for use. If the subsystem is built-in anyway, work is delegated to the
> + * simpler cgroup_init_subsys.
> + */
> +int __init_or_module cgroup_load_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> +
> +	/* check name validity */
> +	if (ss->name == NULL || strlen(ss->name) > MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* we don't support callbacks in modular subsystems. this check is
> +	 * before the ss->module check for consistency - a module that *could*
> +	 * be a module should still have no callbacks for consistency. */
> +	if (ss->fork || ss->exit)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* an optionally modular subsystem is built-in: we want to do nothing,
> +	 * since cgroup_init_subsys will take care of it. */
> +	if (ss->module == NULL) {
> +		/* sanity: ss->module NULL only if the subsys is built-in and
> +		 * appears in subsys[] already. */
> +		BUG_ON(ss->subsys_id >= CGROUP_BUILTIN_SUBSYS_COUNT);
> +		BUG_ON(subsys[ss->subsys_id] != ss);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* need to register a subsys id before anything else - for example,
> +	 * init_cgroup_css needs it. also, subsys_mutex needs to nest outside
> +	 * cgroup_mutex. */
> +	down_write(&subsys_mutex);
> +	/* find the first empty slot in the array */
> +	for (i = CGROUP_BUILTIN_SUBSYS_COUNT; i < CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT; i++) {
> +		if (subsys[i] == NULL)
> +			break;
> +	}
> +	if (i == CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT) {
> +		/* maximum number of subsystems already registered! */
> +		up_write(&subsys_mutex);
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	}
> +	/* assign ourselves the subsys_id */
> +	ss->subsys_id = i;
> +	subsys[i] = ss;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
> +	/* no ss->create seems to need anything important in the ss struct, so
> +	 * this can happen first (i.e. before the rootnode attachment). */
> +	css = ss->create(ss, dummytop);
> +	if (IS_ERR(css)) {
> +		/* failure case - need to deassign the subsys[] slot. */
> +		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
> +		subsys[i] = NULL;
> +		up_write(&subsys_mutex);
> +		return PTR_ERR(css);
> +	}
> +
> +	list_add(&ss->sibling, &rootnode.subsys_list);
> +	ss->root = &rootnode;
> +
> +	init_cgroup_css(css, ss, dummytop);
> +	init_css_set.subsys[ss->subsys_id] = dummytop->subsys[ss->subsys_id];

There is a problem here; namely, the init_css_set is supposed to be
immutable after boot. Putting a new subsystem state in it seems like it
will be impossible to get right, since a hierarchy might be mounted and
already using the init_css_set. Perhaps it would be better to use
find_css_set for this?

> +
> +	mutex_init(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
> +	lockdep_set_class(&ss->hierarchy_mutex, &ss->subsys_key);
> +	ss->active = 1;
> +
> +	/* pin the subsystem's module so it doesn't go away. this shouldn't
> +	 * fail, since the module's initcall calls us.
> +	 * TODO: with module unloading, move this elsewhere */
> +	BUG_ON(!try_module_get(ss->module));
> +
> +	/* success! */
> +	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
> +	up_write(&subsys_mutex);
> +	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_load_subsys);
>  
>  /**
>   * cgroup_init_early - cgroup initialization at system boot
> 
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