Re: Containers: css_put() dilemma

[Balbir Singh]

Paul (??) Menage wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That sounds correct. I wonder now if the solution should be some form
>> of delegation for deletion of unreferenced containers (HINT: work queue
>> or kernel threads).
> 
> What a great idea. In fact, that's exactly what the release agent
> patch already does.

:-) I should have seen that. I am a little lost thinking that
container_rmdir() and the release agent check_for_release() work
without too much knowledge of each other. BTW, what are the semantics
of css_put() is it expected to free the container/run the release agent
when the reference count of the container_subsys_state drops to zero?
 

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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