linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] cgroups: Add res_counter_write

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Date:	Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:17:51 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Menage <paul@...lmenage.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Aditya Kali <adityakali@...gle.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Tim Hockin <thockin@...kin.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] cgroups: Add res_counter_write_u64() API

On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 09:07:03PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Extend the resource counter API with a mirror of
> res_counter_read_u64() to make it handy to update a resource
> counter value from a cgroup subsystem u64 value file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Paul Menage <paul@...lmenage.org>
> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Aditya Kali <adityakali@...gle.com>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
> Cc: Tim Hockin <thockin@...kin.org>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>
> Cc: Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/res_counter.h |    2 ++
>  kernel/res_counter.c        |   25 +++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> index c9d625c..1b3fe05 100644
> --- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
> +++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
> @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ int res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(const char *buf,
>  int res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
>  		      const char *buffer, write_strategy_fn write_strategy);
>  
> +void res_counter_write_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member, u64 val);
> +
>  /*
>   * the field descriptors. one for each member of res_counter
>   */
> diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
> index 34683ef..0faafcc 100644
> --- a/kernel/res_counter.c
> +++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
> @@ -168,12 +168,26 @@ int res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(const char *buf,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +void res_counter_write_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member, u64 val)
> +{
> +	unsigned long long *target;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We need the lock to protect against concurrent add/dec on 32 bits.
> +	 * No need to ifdef it's seldom used.
> +	 */

Should we hace two version of res_counter_write_u64() for 32/64 bit host?
As with res_counter_read_u64().

> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
> +	target = res_counter_member(counter, member);
> +	*target = val;
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> +}
> +
>  int res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
>  		      const char *buf, write_strategy_fn write_strategy)
>  {
>  	char *end;
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -	unsigned long long tmp, *val;
> +	unsigned long long tmp;
>  
>  	if (write_strategy) {
>  		if (write_strategy(buf, &tmp))
> @@ -183,9 +197,8 @@ int res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
>  		if (*end != '\0')
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
> -	val = res_counter_member(counter, member);
> -	*val = tmp;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
> +
> +	res_counter_write_u64(counter, member, tmp);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.5.4
> 

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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