Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] cgroups: allow a cgroup subsystem to reject a fork

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 23 2015 - 09:49:26 EST


On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 02:08:10PM +1100, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> NOTE: I'm not sure if I'm doing enough cleanup inside copy_process(),
> because a bunch of stuff happens between the last valid goto to the
> bad_fork_free_pid label and cgroup_post_fork().
>
> What is the correct way of doing cleanup this late inside
> copy_process()?

Its not; you're past the point of fail. You've already exposed the new
process.

If you want to allow fail, you'll have to do it earlier.
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