linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] cgroup: deactivate CSS's and mark cgroup dead before invoking ->pre

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Message-ID: <509750AB.7070905@huawei.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2012 13:37:47 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	<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>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] cgroup: deactivate CSS's and mark cgroup dead before
 invoking ->pre_destroy()

On 2012/11/1 3:44, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Because ->pre_destroy() could fail and can't be called under
> cgroup_mutex, cgroup destruction did something very ugly.
> 
>   1. Grab cgroup_mutex and verify it can be destroyed; fail otherwise.
> 
>   2. Release cgroup_mutex and call ->pre_destroy().
> 
>   3. Re-grab cgroup_mutex and verify it can still be destroyed; fail
>      otherwise.
> 
>   4. Continue destroying.
> 
> In addition to being ugly, it has been always broken in various ways.
> For example, memcg ->pre_destroy() expects the cgroup to be inactive
> after it's done but tasks can be attached and detached between #2 and
> #3 and the conditions that memcg verified in ->pre_destroy() might no
> longer hold by the time control reaches #3.
> 
> Now that ->pre_destroy() is no longer allowed to fail.  We can switch
> to the following.
> 
>   1. Grab cgroup_mutex and verify it can be destroyed; fail otherwise.
> 
>   2. Deactivate CSS's and mark the cgroup removed thus preventing any
>      further operations which can invalidate the verification from #1.
> 
>   3. Release cgroup_mutex and call ->pre_destroy().
> 
>   4. Re-grab cgroup_mutex and continue destroying.
> 
> After this change, controllers can safely assume that ->pre_destroy()
> will only be called only once for a given cgroup and, once
> ->pre_destroy() is called, the cgroup will stay dormant till it's
> destroyed.
> 
> This removes the only reason ->pre_destroy() can fail - new task being
> attached or child cgroup being created inbetween.  Error out path is
> removed and ->pre_destroy() invocation is open coded in
> cgroup_rmdir().
> 
> v2: cgroup_call_pre_destroy() removal moved to this patch per Michal.
>     Commit message updated per Glauber.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>

Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>

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