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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-09 21:59:24 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-09 21:59:24 +0100
commitdb0c2bf69aa095d4a6de7b1145f29fe9a7c0f6a3 (patch)
tree8f38957c01b18edddd44d49ecc3beeac08a20b4e /Documentation/cgroups
parentMerge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jac... (diff)
parentcgroup: fix to allow mounting a hierarchy by name (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
* 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: (21 commits) cgroup: fix to allow mounting a hierarchy by name cgroup: move assignement out of condition in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: Remove task_lock() from cgroup_post_fork() cgroup: add sparse annotation to cgroup_iter_start() and cgroup_iter_end() cgroup: mark cgroup_rmdir_waitq and cgroup_attach_proc() as static cgroup: only need to check oldcgrp==newgrp once cgroup: remove redundant get/put of task struct cgroup: remove redundant get/put of old css_set from migrate cgroup: Remove unnecessary task_lock before fetching css_set on migration cgroup: Drop task_lock(parent) on cgroup_fork() cgroups: remove redundant get/put of css_set from css_set_check_fetched() resource cgroups: remove bogus cast cgroup: kill subsys->can_attach_task(), pre_attach() and attach_task() cgroup, cpuset: don't use ss->pre_attach() cgroup: don't use subsys->can_attach_task() or ->attach_task() cgroup: introduce cgroup_taskset and use it in subsys->can_attach(), cancel_attach() and attach() cgroup: improve old cgroup handling in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: always lock threadgroup during migration threadgroup: extend threadgroup_lock() to cover exit and exec threadgroup: rename signal->threadgroup_fork_lock to ->group_rwsem ... Fix up conflict in kernel/cgroup.c due to commit e0197aae59e5: "cgroups: fix a css_set not found bug in cgroup_attach_proc" that already mentioned that the bug is fixed (differently) in Tejun's cgroup patchset. This one, in other words.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt51
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 9c452ef2328c..a7c96ae5557c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -594,53 +594,44 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be
called multiple times against a cgroup.
int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct task_struct *task)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem
-returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL
-task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any*
-unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't
-called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should
-remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
+Called prior to moving one or more tasks into a cgroup; if the
+subsystem returns an error, this will abort the attach operation.
+@tset contains the tasks to be attached and is guaranteed to have at
+least one task in it.
+
+If there are multiple tasks in the taskset, then:
+ - it's guaranteed that all are from the same thread group
+ - @tset contains all tasks from the thread group whether or not
+ they're switching cgroups
+ - the first task is the leader
+
+Each @tset entry also contains the task's old cgroup and tasks which
+aren't switching cgroup can be skipped easily using the
+cgroup_taskset_for_each() iterator. Note that this isn't called on a
+fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should remain valid
+while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
attach() or cancel_attach() will be called in future.
-int can_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk);
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-
-As can_attach, but for operations that must be run once per task to be
-attached (possibly many when using cgroup_attach_proc). Called after
-can_attach.
-
void cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called when a task attach operation has failed after can_attach() has succeeded.
A subsystem whose can_attach() has some side-effects should provide this
function, so that the subsystem can implement a rollback. If not, not necessary.
This will be called only about subsystems whose can_attach() operation have
-succeeded.
-
-void pre_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp);
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-
-For any non-per-thread attachment work that needs to happen before
-attach_task. Needed by cpuset.
+succeeded. The parameters are identical to can_attach().
void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
-
-void attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk);
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-
-As attach, but for operations that must be run once per task to be attached,
-like can_attach_task. Called before attach. Currently does not support any
-subsystem that might need the old_cgrp for every thread in the group.
+The parameters are identical to can_attach().
void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task)