thank you for this work.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:36:55 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> This patch adds a hierarchy_mutex to the cgroup_subsys object that
> protects changes to the hierarchy observed by that subsystem. It is
> taken by the cgroup subsystem (in addition to cgroup_mutex) for the
> following operations:
> 
> - linking a cgroup into that subsystem's cgroup tree
> - unlinking a cgroup from that subsystem's cgroup tree
> - moving the subsystem to/from a hierarchy (including across the
>   bind() callback)
> 
o.k. usage is very clear.

> Thus if the subsystem holds its own hierarchy_mutex, it can safely
> traverse its own hierarchy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt |    2 +-
>  include/linux/cgroup.h            |    9 ++++++++-
>  kernel/cgroup.c                   |   37 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09/include/linux/cgroup.h
> ===================================================================
> --- hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09.orig/include/linux/cgroup.h
> +++ hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09/include/linux/cgroup.h
> @@ -337,8 +337,15 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
>  #define MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN 32
>       const char *name;
>  
> -     struct cgroupfs_root *root;
> +     /*
> +      * Protects sibling/children links of cgroups in this
> +      * hierarchy, plus protects which hierarchy (or none) the
> +      * subsystem is a part of (i.e. root/sibling)
> +      */
> +     struct mutex hierarchy_mutex;
>  
> +     /* Protected by this->hierarchy_mutex and cgroup_lock() */
> +     struct cgroupfs_root *root;
>       struct list_head sibling;
>  };
>  
> Index: hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09/kernel/cgroup.c
> ===================================================================
> --- hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09.orig/kernel/cgroup.c
> +++ hierarchy_lock-mmotm-2008-12-09/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -714,23 +714,26 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgro
>                       BUG_ON(cgrp->subsys[i]);
>                       BUG_ON(!dummytop->subsys[i]);
>                       BUG_ON(dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup != dummytop);
> +                     mutex_lock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
>                       cgrp->subsys[i] = dummytop->subsys[i];
>                       cgrp->subsys[i]->cgroup = cgrp;
>                       list_move(&ss->sibling, &root->subsys_list);
>                       ss->root = root;
>                       if (ss->bind)
>                               ss->bind(ss, cgrp);
> -
> +                     mutex_unlock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
>               } else if (bit & removed_bits) {
>                       /* We're removing this subsystem */
>                       BUG_ON(cgrp->subsys[i] != dummytop->subsys[i]);
>                       BUG_ON(cgrp->subsys[i]->cgroup != cgrp);
> +                     mutex_lock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
>                       if (ss->bind)
>                               ss->bind(ss, dummytop);
>                       dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup = dummytop;
>                       cgrp->subsys[i] = NULL;
>                       subsys[i]->root = &rootnode;
>                       list_move(&ss->sibling, &rootnode.subsys_list);
> +                     mutex_unlock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
>               } else if (bit & final_bits) {
>                       /* Subsystem state should already exist */
>                       BUG_ON(!cgrp->subsys[i]);
> @@ -2326,6 +2329,29 @@ static void init_cgroup_css(struct cgrou
>       cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id] = css;
>  }
>  
> +static void cgroup_lock_hierarchy(struct cgroupfs_root *root)
> +{
> +     /* We need to take each hierarchy_mutex in a consistent order */
> +     int i;
> +
> +     for (i = 0; i < CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT; i++) {
> +             struct cgroup_subsys *ss = subsys[i];
> +             if (ss->root == root)
> +                     mutex_lock_nested(&ss->hierarchy_mutex, i);
> +     }
> +}
> +
> +static void cgroup_unlock_hierarchy(struct cgroupfs_root *root)
> +{
> +     int i;
> +
> +     for (i = 0; i < CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT; i++) {
> +             struct cgroup_subsys *ss = subsys[i];
> +             if (ss->root == root)
> +                     mutex_unlock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
> +     }
> +}
> +
Maybe no problem..but I don't like releasing lock in the order of acquiring 
lock.

        for (i = CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT - 1; i >=0; i--)  ?


-Kame


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