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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups.txt index 98a26f8..42d7c4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups.txt @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ methods are create/destroy. Any others that are null are presumed to be successful no-ops. struct cgroup_subsys_state *create(struct cgroup *cont) -LL=cgroup_mutex +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called to create a subsystem state object for a cgroup. The subsystem should allocate its subsystem state object for the passed @@ -471,14 +471,19 @@ it's the root of the hierarchy) and may be an appropriate place for initialization code. void destroy(struct cgroup *cont) -LL=cgroup_mutex +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) -The cgroup system is about to destroy the passed cgroup; the -subsystem should do any necessary cleanup +The cgroup system is about to destroy the passed cgroup; the subsystem +should do any necessary cleanup and free its subsystem state +object. By the time this method is called, the cgroup has already been +unlinked from the file system and from the child list of its parent; +cgroup->parent is still valid. (Note - can also be called for a +newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's +create() method has been called for the new cgroup). int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont, struct task_struct *task) -LL=cgroup_mutex +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL @@ -489,25 +494,20 @@ remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup *old_cont, struct task_struct *task) -LL=cgroup_mutex - Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking. void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task) -LL=callback_mutex, maybe read_lock(tasklist_lock) Called when a task is forked into a cgroup. Also called during registration for all existing tasks. void exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task) -LL=callback_mutex Called during task exit int populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont) -LL=none Called after creation of a cgroup to allow a subsystem to populate the cgroup directory with file entries. The subsystem should make @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set up. void bind(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *root) -LL=callback_mutex +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called when a cgroup subsystem is rebound to a different hierarchy and root cgroup. Currently this will only involve movement between |