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Date:	Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:30:50 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
Cc:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Menage <paul@...lmenage.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] cgroup: remove extra calls to find_existing_css_set

Hello,

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 03:14:32PM -0800, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:
> @@ -1942,9 +1917,17 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, oldcgrp, tsk, false);
> -	if (retval)
> +	task_lock(tsk);
> +	oldcg = tsk->cgroups;
> +	task_unlock(tsk);

Probably this is patch order issue w/ Frederic's patch but we don't
need task_lock here, right?

> @@ -2171,17 +2088,18 @@ int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
>  	 * step 2: make sure css_sets exist for all threads to be migrated.
>  	 * we use find_css_set, which allocates a new one if necessary.
>  	 */
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newcg_list);
>  	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
>  		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
>  		/* get old css_set pointer */
>  		task_lock(tc->task);
>  		oldcg = tc->task->cgroups;
>  		task_unlock(tc->task);
> -		/* if we don't already have it in the list get a new one */
> -		if (!css_set_fetched(cgrp, tc->task, oldcg, &newcg_list))
> -			if (retval = css_set_prefetch(cgrp, oldcg, &newcg_list))
> -				goto out_list_teardown;
> +		tc->cg = find_css_set(oldcg, cgrp);
> +		if (!tc->cg) {
> +			retval = -ENOMEM;
> +			css_set_refs = i + 1;
> +			goto out_list_teardown;
> +		}

Nice cleanup, but can't the above be merged into the loop which builds
the flex array?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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