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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:06:32 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	"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 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:34:36 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:36:32 -0800
> Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> ok.
> 
> > Also, there's no need for an rcu_dereference(), since we're holding
> > cgroup_mutex.
> > 
> Sure. I'll fix.
> 

BTW, isn't it better to use rcu_assign_pointer to show "this pointer will be
dereferenced from RCU-read-side" ?

-Kame

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