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authorBen Blum <bblum@google.com>2009-09-23 18:56:31 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-24 10:20:58 -0400
commitbe367d09927023d081f9199665c8500f69f14d22 (patch)
treef0c5b9da037506da3c5890cf11b51b39a7d3c427 /Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
parentc378369d8b4fa516ff2b1e79c3eded4e0e955ebb (diff)
cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time
Alter the ss->can_attach and ss->attach functions to be able to deal with a whole threadgroup at a time, for use in cgroup_attach_proc. (This is a pre-patch to cgroup-procs-writable.patch.) Currently, new mode of the attach function can only tell the subsystem about the old cgroup of the threadgroup leader. No subsystem currently needs that information for each thread that's being moved, but if one were to be added (for example, one that counts tasks within a group) this bit would need to be reworked a bit to tell the subsystem the right information. [hidave.darkstar@gmail.com: fix build] Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 4bccfc19196b..455d4e6d346d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be
521called multiple times against a cgroup. 521called multiple times against a cgroup.
522 522
523int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, 523int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
524 struct task_struct *task) 524 struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
525(cgroup_mutex held by caller) 525(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
526 526
527Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem 527Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem
@@ -529,14 +529,20 @@ returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL
529task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any* 529task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any*
530unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't 530unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't
531called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should 531called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should
532remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. 532remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. If threadgroup is
533true, then a successful result indicates that all threads in the given
534thread's threadgroup can be moved together.
533 535
534void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, 536void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
535 struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task) 537 struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task,
538 bool threadgroup)
536(cgroup_mutex held by caller) 539(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
537 540
538Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any 541Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
539post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking. 542post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
543If threadgroup is true, the subsystem should take care of all threads
544in the specified thread's threadgroup. Currently does not support any
545subsystem that might need the old_cgrp for every thread in the group.
540 546
541void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task) 547void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task)
542 548