From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>,
Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] cgroups: forbid pre_destroy callback to fail
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:13:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121113211324.GC1543@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351251453-6140-5-git-send-email-mhocko@suse.cz>
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 01:37:31PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Now that mem_cgroup_pre_destroy callback doesn't fail (other than a race
> with a task attach resp. child group appears) finally we can safely move
> on and forbit all the callbacks to fail.
> The last missing piece is moving cgroup_call_pre_destroy after
> cgroup_clear_css_refs so that css_tryget fails so no new charges for the
> memcg can happen.
> We cannot, however, move cgroup_call_pre_destroy right after because we
> cannot call mem_cgroup_pre_destroy with the cgroup_lock held (see
> 3fa59dfb cgroup: fix potential deadlock in pre_destroy) so we have to
> move it after the lock is released.
>
> Changes since v1
> - Li Zefan pointed out that mem_cgroup_pre_destroy cannot be called with
> cgroup_lock held
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-13 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-26 11:37 memcg/cgroup: do not fail fail on pre_destroy callbacks Michal Hocko
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] memcg: split mem_cgroup_force_empty into reclaiming and reparenting parts Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 13:45 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-31 16:29 ` Johannes Weiner
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] memcg: root_cgroup cannot reach mem_cgroup_move_parent Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 13:48 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 13:52 ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-31 16:31 ` Johannes Weiner
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] memcg: Simplify mem_cgroup_force_empty_list error handling Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 13:58 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 14:15 ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 15:09 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 22:00 ` Andrew Morton
2012-10-30 10:35 ` Michal Hocko
2012-10-31 21:30 ` Andrew Morton
2012-11-13 21:10 ` Johannes Weiner
2012-11-14 13:59 ` Michal Hocko
2012-11-14 18:33 ` Johannes Weiner
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] cgroups: forbid pre_destroy callback to fail Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 14:04 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 14:06 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 14:17 ` Michal Hocko
2012-11-13 21:13 ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] memcg: make mem_cgroup_reparent_charges non failing Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 14:07 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] hugetlb: do not fail in hugetlb_cgroup_pre_destroy Michal Hocko
2012-10-29 14:08 ` Glauber Costa
2012-10-29 23:26 ` memcg/cgroup: do not fail fail on pre_destroy callbacks Tejun Heo
2012-10-30 23:37 ` Michal Hocko
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