Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] sched: split out css_online/css_offline from tg creation/destruction

[Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

* Li Zefan <lizefan-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> This is a preparaton for later patches.
> 
> - What do we gain from cpu_cgroup_css_online():
> 
> After ss->css_alloc() and before ss->css_online(), there's a small
> window that tg->css.cgroup is NULL. With this change, tg won't be seen
> before ss->css_online(), where it's added to the global list, so we're
> guaranteed we'll never see NULL tg->css.cgroup.
> 
> - What do we gain from cpu_cgroup_css_offline():
> 
> tg is freed via RCU, so is cgroup. Without this change, This is how
> synchronization works:
> 
> cgroup_rmdir()
>   no ss->css_offline()
> diput()
>   syncornize_rcu()
>   ss->css_free()       <-- unregister tg, and free it via call_rcu()
>   kfree_rcu(cgroup)    <-- wait possible refs to cgroup, and free cgroup
> 
> We can't just kfree(cgroup), because tg might access tg->css.cgroup.
> 
> With this change:
> 
> cgroup_rmdir()
>   ss->css_offline()    <-- unregister tg
> diput()
>   synchronize_rcu()    <-- wait possible refs to tg and cgroup
>   ss->css_free()       <-- free tg
>   kfree_rcu(cgroup)    <-- free cgroup
> 
> As you see, kfree_rcu() is redundant now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo