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| author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2014-07-08 18:02:57 -0400 |
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| committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2014-07-08 18:02:57 -0400 |
| commit | b4536f0cab2b18414e26101a2b9d484c5cbea0c0 (patch) | |
| tree | bdd7ecc28ee6ae1d558f2fa99a49b95ffd19b655 /Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | |
| parent | f63070d350e3562baa6196f1043e01cd8da2509a (diff) | |
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cgroup: implement cgroup_subsys->css_reset()
cgroup is implementing support for subsystem dependency which would
require a way to enable a subsystem even when it's not directly
configured through "cgroup.subtree_control".
The previous patches added support for explicitly and implicitly
enabled subsystems and showing/hiding their interface files. An
explicitly enabled subsystem may become implicitly enabled if it's
turned off through "cgroup.subtree_control" but there are subsystems
depending on it. In such cases, the subsystem, as it's turned off
when seen from userland, shouldn't enforce any resource control.
Also, the subsystem may be explicitly turned on later again and its
interface files should be as close to the intial state as possible.
This patch adds cgroup_subsys->css_reset() which is invoked when a css
is hidden. The callback should disable resource control and reset the
state to the vanilla state.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 821de56d1580..10c949b293e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -599,6 +599,20 @@ fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either attach() or cancel_attach() will be called in future. +void css_reset(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) + +An optional operation which should restore @css's configuration to the +initial state. This is currently only used on the unified hierarchy +when a subsystem is disabled on a cgroup through +"cgroup.subtree_control" but should remain enabled because other +subsystems depend on it. cgroup core makes such a css invisible by +removing the associated interface files and invokes this callback so +that the hidden subsystem can return to the initial neutral state. +This prevents unexpected resource control from a hidden css and +ensures that the configuration is in the initial state when it is made +visible again later. + void cancel_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) |