linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] kernel: cgroup: push rcu read locking from css_is

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Date:	Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:38:31 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
CC:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] kernel: cgroup: push rcu read locking from css_is_ancestor()
 to callsite

Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Library functions should not grab locks when the callsites can do it,
> even if the lock nests like the rcu read-side lock does.
> 
> Push the rcu_read_lock() from css_is_ancestor() to its single user,
> mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree() in preparation for another user that may
> already hold the rcu read-side lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
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