linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/14] cgroup: keep css_set and task lists in chronological order

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Date:	Fri,  9 Oct 2015 23:29:35 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	lizefan@...wei.com, hannes@...xchg.org
Cc:	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, cyphar@...har.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 08/14] cgroup: keep css_set and task lists in chronological order

css task iteration will be updated to not leak cgroup internal locking
to iterator users.  In preparation, update css_set and task lists to
be in chronological order.

For tasks, as migration path is already using list_splice_tail_init(),
only cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists() and cgroup_post_fork() need
updating.  For css_sets, link_css_set() is the only place which needs
to be updated.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index b8da97a..5cb28d2 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -913,12 +913,11 @@ static void link_css_set(struct list_head *tmp_links, struct css_set *cset,
 	link->cset = cset;
 	link->cgrp = cgrp;
 
-	list_move(&link->cset_link, &cgrp->cset_links);
-
 	/*
-	 * Always add links to the tail of the list so that the list
-	 * is sorted by order of hierarchy creation
+	 * Always add links to the tail of the lists so that the lists are
+	 * in choronological order.
 	 */
+	list_move_tail(&link->cset_link, &cgrp->cset_links);
 	list_add_tail(&link->cgrp_link, &cset->cgrp_links);
 
 	cgroup_get(cgrp);
@@ -1778,7 +1777,7 @@ static void cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(void)
 
 			if (!css_set_populated(cset))
 				css_set_update_populated(cset, true);
-			list_add(&p->cg_list, &cset->tasks);
+			list_add_tail(&p->cg_list, &cset->tasks);
 			get_css_set(cset);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
@@ -5478,7 +5477,7 @@ void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *child,
 		cset = task_css_set(current);
 		if (list_empty(&child->cg_list)) {
 			rcu_assign_pointer(child->cgroups, cset);
-			list_add(&child->cg_list, &cset->tasks);
+			list_add_tail(&child->cg_list, &cset->tasks);
 			get_css_set(cset);
 		}
 		up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
-- 
2.4.3

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