linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] CGroups: Add a per-subsystem hierarchy

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:07:18 -0800
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] CGroups: Add a per-subsystem hierarchy_mutex

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> But this function is used in cgroup.c internally, and always called
> with cgroup_lock held, so it's OK to use for_each_subsys().

This is true, but it doesn't hurt to be future-proof and not require
cgroup_mutex to be held.

Paul
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