linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/14] cgroup: make css_sets pin the associated cgroups

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Date:	Fri,  9 Oct 2015 23:29:33 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	lizefan@...wei.com, hannes@...xchg.org
Cc:	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, cyphar@...har.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 06/14] cgroup: make css_sets pin the associated cgroups

Currently, css_sets don't pin the associated cgroups.  This is okay as
a cgroup with css_sets associated are not allowed to be removed;
however, to help resource tracking for zombie tasks, this is scheduled
to change such that a cgroup can be removed even when it has css_sets
associated as long as none of them are populated.

To ensure that a cgroup doesn't go away while css_sets are still
associated with it, make each associated css_set hold a reference on
the cgroup.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ab5c9a5..ba11496 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ static void put_css_set_locked(struct css_set *cset)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, tmp_link, &cset->cgrp_links, cgrp_link) {
 		list_del(&link->cset_link);
 		list_del(&link->cgrp_link);
+		cgroup_put(link->cgrp);
 		kfree(link);
 	}
 
@@ -919,6 +920,8 @@ static void link_css_set(struct list_head *tmp_links, struct css_set *cset,
 	 * is sorted by order of hierarchy creation
 	 */
 	list_add_tail(&link->cgrp_link, &cset->cgrp_links);
+
+	cgroup_get(cgrp);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -4998,10 +5001,7 @@ static int cgroup_destroy_locked(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-	/*
-	 * css_set_rwsem synchronizes access to ->cset_links and prevents
-	 * @cgrp from being removed while put_css_set() is in progress.
-	 */
+	/* css_set_rwsem synchronizes access to ->cset_links */
 	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
 	empty = list_empty(&cgrp->cset_links);
 	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
-- 
2.4.3

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