Re: - cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch removed from -mm tree

Re: - cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch removed from -mm tree

[Li Zefan]

akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org wrote:
> The patch titled
>      cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups
> has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
>      cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch
> 
> This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged
> 

Hi Andrew,

You picked up the right patch, but then dropped it by mistake.
There won't be an updated version. ;)

> The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups
> From: Grzegorz Nosek <root-AfQBxy1nhrQ00sYp1HPQUA@public.gmane.org>
> 
> The ns_proxy cgroup allows moving processes to child cgroups only one
> level deep at a time.  This commit relaxes this restriction and makes it
> possible to attach tasks directly to grandchild cgroups, e.g.:
> 
> ($pid is in the root cgroup)
> echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/CG2/tasks
> 
> Previously this operation would fail with -EPERM and would have to be
> performed as two steps:
> echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/tasks
> echo $pid > /cgroup/CG1/CG2/tasks
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Nosek <root-AfQBxy1nhrQ00sYp1HPQUA@public.gmane.org>
> Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Paul Menage <menage-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir-xthvdsQ13ZrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> 
>  include/linux/cgroup.h |    4 ++--
>  kernel/cgroup.c        |   12 +++++++-----
>  kernel/ns_cgroup.c     |    9 +++------
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN include/linux/cgroup.h~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups include/linux/cgroup.h
> --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups
> +++ a/include/linux/cgroup.h
> @@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgr
>  
>  int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
>  
> -/* Return true if the cgroup is a descendant of the current cgroup */
> -int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
> +/* Return true if cgrp is a descendant of the task's cgroup */
> +int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task);
>  
>  /* Control Group subsystem type. See Documentation/cgroups.txt for details */
>  
> diff -puN kernel/cgroup.c~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups kernel/cgroup.c
> --- a/kernel/cgroup.c~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups
> +++ a/kernel/cgroup.c
> @@ -3024,18 +3024,19 @@ int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * cgroup_is_descendant - see if @cgrp is a descendant of current task's cgrp
> + * cgroup_is_descendant - see if @cgrp is a descendant of @task's cgrp
>   * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
> + * @task: the task in question
>   *
> - * See if @cgrp is a descendant of the current task's cgroup in
> - * the appropriate hierarchy.
> + * See if @cgrp is a descendant of @task's cgroup in the appropriate
> + * hierarchy.
>   *
>   * If we are sending in dummytop, then presumably we are creating
>   * the top cgroup in the subsystem.
>   *
>   * Called only by the ns (nsproxy) cgroup.
>   */
> -int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
> +int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  	struct cgroup *target;
> @@ -3045,7 +3046,8 @@ int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cg
>  		return 1;
>  
>  	get_first_subsys(cgrp, NULL, &subsys_id);
> -	target = task_cgroup(current, subsys_id);
> +	target = task_cgroup(task, subsys_id);
> +
>  	while (cgrp != target && cgrp!= cgrp->top_cgroup)
>  		cgrp = cgrp->parent;
>  	ret = (cgrp == target);
> diff -puN kernel/ns_cgroup.c~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups kernel/ns_cgroup.c
> --- a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c~cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups
> +++ a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c
> @@ -46,21 +46,18 @@ int ns_cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *
>  static int ns_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
>  		struct cgroup *new_cgroup, struct task_struct *task)
>  {
> -	struct cgroup *orig;
> -
>  	if (current != task) {
>  		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  			return -EPERM;
>  
> -		if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup))
> +		if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, current))
>  			return -EPERM;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (atomic_read(&new_cgroup->count) != 0)
>  		return -EPERM;
>  
> -	orig = task_cgroup(task, ns_subsys_id);
> -	if (orig && orig != new_cgroup->parent)
> +	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(new_cgroup, task))
>  		return -EPERM;
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *ns_cr
>  
>  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> -	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup))
> +	if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup, current))
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
>  
>  	ns_cgroup = kzalloc(sizeof(*ns_cgroup), GFP_KERNEL);
> _
> 
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from root-AfQBxy1nhrQ00sYp1HPQUA@public.gmane.org are
> 
> cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch
> 
> 
> 

Re: - cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:25:02 +0800 Li Zefan <lizf-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org wrote:
> > The patch titled
> >      cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups
> > has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
> >      cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch
> > 
> > This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged
> > 
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> You picked up the right patch, but then dropped it by mistake.
> There won't be an updated version. ;)

This was ages ago.

I don't know what to do about your email.

Please be more specific.

Re: - cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch removed from -mm tree

[Li Zefan]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:25:02 +0800 Li Zefan <lizf-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>> akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org wrote:
>>> The patch titled
>>>      cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups
>>> has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
>>>      cgroups-relax-ns_can_attach-checks-to-allow-attaching-to-grandchild-cgroups.patch
>>>
>>> This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged
>>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> You picked up the right patch, but then dropped it by mistake.
>> There won't be an updated version. ;)
> 
> This was ages ago.
> 
> I don't know what to do about your email.
> 
> Please be more specific.
> 

Sorry, please ignore this. I just found there was a continued discussion thread that
I was not CCed.