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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] CGroup Files: Move the release_agent file to use typed handlers
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * cgroup_lock_live_group - take cgroup_mutex and check that cgrp is alive.
>> + * @cgrp: the cgroup to be checked for liveness
>> + *
>> + * Returns true (with lock held) on success, or false (with no lock
>> + * held) on failure.
>> + */
>> +int cgroup_lock_live_group(struct cgroup *cgrp)
>> +{
>> + mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
>> + if (cgroup_is_removed(cgrp)) {
>> + mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
>> + return false;
>> + }
>> + return true;
>> +}
>
> I think that if we're going to do this it would be nice to add a
> symmetrical cgroup_unlock_live_group()?

There's already a cgroup_unlock() function exported in cgroup.h -
that's the counterpart to both cgroup_lock() and
cgroup_lock_live_group(). I can add a comment about this in the docs
for cgroup_lock_live_cgroup().


>
> Because code like this:
>
>> + if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> + strcpy(cgrp->root->release_agent_path, buffer);
>> + mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
>
> is a bit WTFish, no? it forces each caller of cgroup_lock_live_group()
> to know about cgroup_lock_live_group() internals.

cgroup_mutex isn't directly exported outside of cgroup.c, so real
callers would have no choice but to use cgroup_unlock() in this
instance. I guess it could make sense to be consistent and use
cgroup_unlock() within cgroup.c as well.

Paul


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