linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fix default notify_on

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Message-ID: <6599ad830802242222p7d42d2b2ue7c585eae8f3bed@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:22:44 -0800
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Li Zefan" <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fix default notify_on_release setting

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> The documentation says the default value of notify_on_release of
>  a child cgroup is inherited from its parent, which is reasonable,
>  but the implementation just sets the flag disabled.
>
>  Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>

Yes, I guess it makes sense to follow the original cpusets behaviour.
I think that got lost when the notify-on-release functionality was
temporarily removed during cgroups development.

>  ---
>   kernel/cgroup.c |    4 +++-
>   1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>  diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
>  index d8abe99..e9c2fb0 100644
>  --- a/kernel/cgroup.c
>  +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
>  @@ -2232,7 +2232,6 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
>
>         mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
>
>  -       cgrp->flags = 0;
>         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cgrp->sibling);
>         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cgrp->children);
>         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cgrp->css_sets);
>  @@ -2242,6 +2241,9 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
>         cgrp->root = parent->root;
>         cgrp->top_cgroup = parent->top_cgroup;
>
>  +       if (notify_on_release(parent))
>  +               set_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags);
>  +
>         for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
>                 struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = ss->create(ss, cgrp);
>                 if (IS_ERR(css)) {
>  --
>  1.5.4.rc3
>
>
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