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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@linaro.org>
Cc: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Zefan Li" <lizefan.x@bytedance.com>,
	"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	"Bui Quang Minh" <minhquangbui99@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cgroup: Use separate work structs on css release path
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:43:10 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ypf5jpI7dSmpi4W0@slm.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1fb4d8d7-ccc0-b020-715e-38c2dfd94c23@linaro.org>

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 04:37:17PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> Yes, but as far as I can see the percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(&css->refcnt, css_killed_ref_fn)
> doesn't change the value of the refcnt, it just causes the css_killed_ref_fn() to be called

Yeah, the base ref is special for percpu_ref.

> on it. Only css_get() & css_put() modify the refcnt value.
> And for the "free the thing" the css_killed_work_fn() does that.
> It calls offline_css(css) and css_put(css) for the whole css hierarchy.

Yeah, the freeing path depends on the css_put(css) invoking css_release()
which schedules the work item which actually frees. Am I misunderstanding
something here?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-01 23:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-25 15:15 [PATCH 0/2] cgroup_subsys_state lifecycle fixups Michal Koutný
2022-05-25 15:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: Wait for cgroup_subsys_state offlining on unmount Michal Koutný
2022-05-25 15:15 ` [PATCH 2/2] cgroup: Use separate work structs on css release path Michal Koutný
2022-05-25 16:14   ` Michal Koutný
2022-05-26  9:56     ` Michal Koutný
2022-05-26 18:15       ` Tejun Heo
2022-05-27 16:39         ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-05-27 16:54           ` Michal Koutný
2022-05-27 17:23             ` Tejun Heo
2022-06-01 23:13         ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-06-01 23:20           ` Tejun Heo
2022-06-01 23:37             ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-06-01 23:43               ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2022-06-02  0:00                 ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-06-02  0:07                   ` Tejun Heo
2022-06-02  0:26                     ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-06-02  0:29                       ` Tejun Heo
2022-06-02  0:40                         ` Tadeusz Struk
2022-06-02 11:47                           ` Michal Koutný
2022-06-02 14:28                             ` Tadeusz Struk

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