linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cgroup: disable irqs while holding css_set

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:14:34 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <daolivei@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lgoncalv@...hat.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cgroup: disable irqs while holding css_set_lock

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 06:03:15PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 06:48:56PM -0300, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> > On 06/07/2016 05:05 PM, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> > > On 06/07/2016 04:30 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > >> Is this something in mainline?  This forces all task free path to be
> > >> irq-safe, which *could* be fine but it's weird to make cgroup free
> > >> path irq-safe for something which isn't in mainline.
> > > 
> > > you mean, mainline linux kernel? if so, yes it is. I was running the
> > > v4.7-rc2 from Linus, as is.... no external patches applied.
> > > 
> > 
> > is there any other question/objection about this patch?
> 
> Nope, I was just on vacation.  Applied to cgroup/for-4.7-fixes.

Except that the patch seems to use irqsave/restore instead of plain
irq ones in places.  Care to update those?

Thanks!

-- 
tejun