Re: [PATCH 9/9] cgroup_freezer: implement proper hierarchy support

[Michal Hocko]

On Sat 03-11-12 01:38:35, Tejun Heo wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> index 4f12d31..3262537 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
[...]
> @@ -320,14 +388,39 @@ static void freezer_apply_state(struct freezer *freezer, bool freeze,
>   * @freezer: freezer of interest
>   * @freeze: whether to freeze or thaw
>   *
> - * Freeze or thaw @cgroup according to @freeze.
> + * Freeze or thaw @freezer according to @freeze.  The operations are
> + * recursive - all descendants of @freezer will be affected.
>   */
>  static void freezer_change_state(struct freezer *freezer, bool freeze)
>  {
> +	struct cgroup *pos;
> +
>  	/* update @freezer */
>  	spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock);
>  	freezer_apply_state(freezer, freeze, CGROUP_FREEZING_SELF);
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&freezer->lock);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Update all its descendants in pre-order traversal.  Each
> +	 * descendant will try to inherit its parent's FREEZING state as
> +	 * CGROUP_FREEZING_PARENT.
> +	 */
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	cgroup_for_each_descendant_pre(pos, freezer->css.cgroup) {
> +		struct freezer *pos_f = cgroup_freezer(pos);
> +		struct freezer *parent = parent_freezer(freezer);

This doesn't seem right. Why are we interested in freezer->parent here
at all? We should either care about freezer->state & CGROUP_FREEZING or
parent = parent_freezer(pos_f), right?

> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Our update to @parent->state is already visible which is
> +		 * all we need.  No need to lock @parent.  For more info on
> +		 * synchronization, see freezer_post_create().
> +		 */
> +		spin_lock_irq(&pos_f->lock);
> +		freezer_apply_state(pos_f, parent->state & CGROUP_FREEZING,
> +				    CGROUP_FREEZING_PARENT);
> +		spin_unlock_irq(&pos_f->lock);
> +	}
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>  }
>  
>  static int freezer_write(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct cftype *cft,
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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