linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] cgroup: simplify cgroup removal path

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:18:49 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Cc:	lizefan@...wei.com, hannes@...xchg.org, mhocko@...e.cz,
	bsingharora@...il.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] cgroup: simplify cgroup removal path

Hello,

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 05:49:33PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> The only think that drew my attention is that you are changing the
> local_irq_save callsite to local_irq_disable. It shouldn't be a problem,
> since this is never expected to be called in interrupt context.
> 
> Still... it makes me wonder if that disabled-interrupt block is still
> needed? According to the changelogs, it was introduced in e7c5ec919 for
> the css_tryget mechanism. But css_tryget itself will never scan
> subsystems, so if we can no longer fail, we should be able to just ditch
> it. Unless I am missing something

Note both in the commit messages.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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