linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1.5/4] cgroup: delay populate css id

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Message-ID: <6599ad830901210136j9baf45ft4c86a93fec70827f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:36:32 -0800
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"lizf@...fujitsu.com" <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp" <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1.5/4] cgroup: delay populate css id

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:43 PM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
<kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> +static void populate_css_id(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
> +{
> +       struct css_id *id = rcu_dereference(css->id);
> +       if (id)
> +               rcu_assign_pointer(id->css, css);
> +}

I don't think this needs to be split out into a separate function.
Also, there's no need for an rcu_dereference(), since we're holding
cgroup_mutex.

Paul
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