linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] cgroups: add a pids subsystem

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Date:	Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:39:46 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>
Cc:	lizefan@...wei.com, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	richard@....at, fweisbec@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] cgroups: add a pids subsystem

On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 11:34:05PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > +	for (p = pids; p; p = p->parent) {
> > +		long new;
> > +
> > +		new = atomic_long_add_return(num, &p->counter);
> > +
> > +		if (p->limit == PIDS_UNLIMITED)
> > +			continue;
> 
> Huh?  So, the counter stays out of sync if unlimited?  What happens
> when it gets set to something else later?

Oops, I misread the code, but why is PIDS_UNLIMITED a special case?
Just make it a number which always makes the condition true?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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