Re: [PATCH 1/3] cgroup: fix pre_destroy and semantics of css->refcnt

[Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>]

> +/*
> + * Try to set all subsys's refcnt to be 0.
> + * css->refcnt==0 means this subsys will be destroy()'d.
> + */
> +static bool cgroup_set_subsys_removed(struct cgroup *cgrp)
> +{
> +	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
> +	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, *tmp;
> +
> +	for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss) {
> +		css = cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id];
> +		if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&css->refcnt))
> +			goto rollback;
> +	}
> +	return true;
> +rollback:
> +	for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss) {
> +		tmp = cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id];
> +		atomic_inc(&tmp->refcnt);
> +		if (tmp == css)
> +			break;
> +	}
> +	return false;
> +}
> +

This function may return false, then causes rmdir() fail. So css_tryget(subsys1)
returns 0 doesn't necessarily mean subsys1->destroy() will be called,
if subsys2's css's refcnt is >1 when cgroup_set_subsys_removed() is called.

Will this bring up bugs and problems?

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