linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] sched/psi: per-cgroup PSI stats disable/re-enable interface

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Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:50:30 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>, corbet@....net,
        surenb@...gle.com, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        songmuchun@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] sched/psi: per-cgroup PSI stats
 disable/re-enable interface

Hello,

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:49:55AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> I think it should also add/remove the pressure files when enabling and
> disabling the aggregation, since their contents would be stale and
> misleading.
> 
> Take a look at cgroup_add_dfl_cftypes() and cgroup_rm_cftypes()

The problem with adding cftypes dynamically is that it can fail, which isn't
the end of the world here but still kinda sucks. I think what we actually
wanna do is hiding and unhiding while keeping all the data structures in
place which is needed somewhere else anyway.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun