netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] cgroup: net_cls: Rework update socket logic

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:42:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	wagi@...om.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	daniel.wagner@...-carit.de, lizefan@...wei.com, mst@...hat.com,
	jhs@...atatu.com, joe@...ches.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	skinsbursky@...allels.com, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] cgroup: net_cls: Rework update socket logic

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:07:34 -0400

> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 04:16:59PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>> From: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>
>> 
>> The cgroup logic part of net_cls is very similar as the one in
>> net_prio. Let's stream line the net_cls logic with the net_prio one.
>> 
>> The net_prio update logic was changed by following commit (note there
>> were some changes necessary later on)
>> 
>> commit 406a3c638ce8b17d9704052c07955490f732c2b8
>> Author: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
>> Date:   Fri Jul 20 10:39:25 2012 +0000
>> 
>>     net: netprio_cgroup: rework update socket logic
>> 
>>     Instead of updating the sk_cgrp_prioidx struct field on every send
>>     this only updates the field when a task is moved via cgroup
>>     infrastructure.
>> 
>>     This allows sockets that may be used by a kernel worker thread
>>     to be managed. For example in the iscsi case today a user can
>>     put iscsid in a netprio cgroup and control traffic will be sent
>>     with the correct sk_cgrp_prioidx value set but as soon as data
>>     is sent the kernel worker thread isssues a send and sk_cgrp_prioidx
>>     is updated with the kernel worker threads value which is the
>>     default case.
>> 
>>     It seems more correct to only update the field when the user
>>     explicitly sets it via control group infrastructure. This allows
>>     the users to manage sockets that may be used with other threads.
>> 
>> Since classid is now updated when the task is moved between the
>> cgroups, we don't have to call sock_update_classid() from various
>> places to ensure we always using the latest classid value.
>> 
>> [v2: Use iterate_fd() instead of open coding]
>> 
> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Applied.
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