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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] cgroup, memcg: implement css->id and convert css_from_id() to use it
(Just came back from a short vacation)

On 2014/5/1 23:46, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:33:16AM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
>> On 2014/4/25 5:02, Tejun Heo wrote:
>>> Until now, cgroup->id has been used to identify all the associated
>>> csses and css_from_id() takes cgroup ID and returns the matching css
>>> by looking up the cgroup and then dereferencing the css associated
>>> with it; however, now that the lifetimes of cgroup and css are
>>> separate, this is incorrect and breaks on the unified hierarchy when a
>>> controller is disabled and enabled back again before the previous
>>> instance is released.
>>>
>>> This patch adds css->id which is a subsystem-unique ID and converts
>>> css_from_id() to look up by the new css->id instead. memcg is the
>>> only user of css_from_id() and also converted to use css->id instead.
>>>
>>
>> netprio_cgroup also needs to be updated.
>
> Why? Wouldn't it be more natural to tie that to the associated
> cgroup's ID rather than the specific css instance. It's different for
> memcg as it involves css refcnts but netprio_cgroup, AFAICS, only uses
> it for cgroup identification anyway.
>

You're right. I thought it won't work correctly in unified hierarchy
where controllers can be disabled/enabled.



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