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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] cgroup: use cgroup_lock_live_group(parent) in cgroup_create()
On 2012/11/1 3:44, Tejun Heo wrote:
> This patch makes cgroup_create() fail if @parent is marked removed.
> This is to prepare for further updates to cgroup_rmdir() path.
>
> Note that this change isn't strictly necessary. cgroup can only be
> created via mkdir and the removed marking and dentry removal happen
> without releasing cgroup_mutex, so cgroup_create() can never race with
> cgroup_rmdir(). Even after the scheduled updates to cgroup_rmdir(),
> cgroup_mkdir() and cgroup_rmdir() are synchronized by i_mutex
> rendering the added liveliness check unnecessary.
>
> Do it anyway such that locking is contained inside cgroup proper and
> we don't get nasty surprises if we ever grow another caller of
> cgroup_create().
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>

Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>




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