linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] cgroup: implement cgroup v2 thread support

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:37:41 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     lizefan@...wei.com, hannes@...xchg.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com, luto@...capital.net,
        efault@....de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, guro@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] cgroup: implement cgroup v2 thread support

On 07/17/2017 04:56 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 07/17/2017 10:14 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 10:07:20PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
>>> v4: - Updated to marking each cgroup threaded as suggested by PeterZ.
>>>
>>> +On creation, a cgroup is always a domain cgroup and can be made
>>> +threaded by writing "threaded" to the "cgroup.type" file.  The
>>> +operation is single direction::
>>> +
>>> +  # echo threaded > cgroup.type
>>> +
>>> +Once threaded, the cgroup can't be made a domain again.  To enable the
>>> +thread mode, the following conditions must be met.
>>> +
>>> +- As the cgroup will join the parent's resource domain.  The parent
>>> +  must either be a valid (threaded) domain or a threaded cgroup.
>>> +
>>> +- The cgroup must be empty.  No enabled controllers, child cgroups or
>>> +  processes.
>>> +
>>> +Topology-wise, a cgroup can be in an invalid state.  Please consider
>>> +the following toplogy::
>>> +
>>> +  A (threaded domain) - B (threaded) - C (domain, just created)
>>> +

Thinking about it some more. There is a place for invalid domain. It is
not the child of a threaded cgroup. It is the siblings of a threaded
cgroup whose parent is not root.

       Root - A (domain) - B (domain)
                         \ C (domain)

With "echo threaded > B/cgroup.type":

       Root - A (threaded domain) - B (threaded)
                                  \ C (domain, invalid)

Any children of a threaded cgroup should be threaded.

Cheers,
Longman