Re: [PATCHSET v2 for-6.1] kernfs, cgroup: implement kernfs_show() and cgroup_file_show()

From: Chengming Zhou
Date: Sun Aug 28 2022 - 04:33:50 EST


On 2022/8/28 13:04, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Greg: If this looks good to you, can you apply 0001-0008 to your tree? I'll
> likely have more cgroup updates on top, so I think it'd be better if I pull
> your tree and then handle the cgroup part in cgroup tree.
>
> Currently, deactivated kernfs nodes are used for two purposes - during
> removal to kill and drain nodes and during creation to make multiple
> kernfs_nodes creations to succeed or fail as a group.
>
> This patchset implements kernfs_show() which can dynamically show and hide
> kernfs_nodes using the [de]activation mechanisms, and, on top, implements
> cgroup_file_show() which allows toggling cgroup file visiblity.
>
> This is for the following pending patchset to allow disabling PSI on
> per-cgroup basis:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220808110341.15799-1-zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/t/#u
>
> which requires hiding the corresponding cgroup interface files while
> disabled.
>
> This patchset contains the following nine patches.
>
> 0001-kernfs-Simply-by-replacing-kernfs_deref_open_node-wi.patch
> 0002-kernfs-Drop-unnecessary-mutex-local-variable-initial.patch
> 0003-kernfs-Refactor-kernfs_get_open_node.patch
> 0004-kernfs-Skip-kernfs_drain_open_files-more-aggressivel.patch
> 0005-kernfs-Improve-kernfs_drain-and-always-call-on-remov.patch
> 0006-kernfs-Add-KERNFS_REMOVING-flags.patch
> 0007-kernfs-Factor-out-kernfs_activate_one.patch
> 0008-kernfs-Implement-kernfs_show.patch
> 0009-cgroup-Implement-cgroup_file_show.patch
>
> 0001-0003 are misc prep patches. 0004-0008 implement kernsf_deactivate().
> 0009 implements cgroup_file_show() on top. The patches are also available in
> the following git branch:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc.git kernfs-show
>
> The main difference from the previous version[1] is that while show/hide
> still use the same mechanism as [de]activation, their states are tracked
> separately so that e.g. an unrelated kernfs_activate() higher up in the tree
> doesn't interfere with hidden nodes in the subtree.

Hello,

For this series:
Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

>
> diffstat follows. Thanks.
>
> fs/kernfs/dir.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> fs/kernfs/file.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
> fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 1
> include/linux/cgroup.h | 1
> include/linux/kernfs.h | 3 +
> kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 20 +++++++++
> 6 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
>
> --
> tejun
>
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220820000550.367085-1-tj@xxxxxxxxxx
>