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SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH v3 1/2] cgroups: read-write lock CLONE_THREAD forking per threadgroup
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:46:54 -0400
Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Adds functionality to read/write lock CLONE_THREAD fork()ing per-threadgroup
>
> From: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
> This patch adds an rwsem that lives in a threadgroup's signal_struct that's
> taken for reading in the fork path, under CONFIG_CGROUPS. If another part of
> the kernel later wants to use such a locking mechanism, the CONFIG_CGROUPS
> ifdefs should be changed to a higher-up flag that CGROUPS and the other system
> would both depend on.
>
> This is a pre-patch for cgroups-procs-write.patch.
>

Hmm, at adding a new lock, please describe its semantics.
Following is my understanding, right ?

Lock range:
This rwsem is read-locked from cgroup_fork() to cgroup_post_fork().
Most of works for fork() are between cgroup_fork() and cgroup_post_for().
This means if sig->threadgroup_fork_lock is held, no new do_work() can
make progress in this process groups. This rwsem is held only when
CLONE_THREAD is in clone_flags. IOW, this rwsem is taken only at creating
new thread.

What we can do with this:
By locking sig->threadgroup_fork_lock, a code can visit _all_ threads
in a process group witout any races. So, if you want to implement an
atomic operation against a process, taking this lock is an idea.

For what:
To implement an atomic process move in cgroup, we need this lock.

Why this implemantation:
Considering cgroup, threads in a cgroup can be under several different
cgroup. So, we can't implement lock in cgroup-internal, we use signal
struct.


By the way, IMHO, hiding lock in cgroup_fork() and cgroup_post_fork() doesn't
seem good idea. How about a code like this ?

read_lock_thread_clone(current);
cgroup_fork();
.....
cgroup_post_fork();
read_unlock_thrad_clone(current);

We may have chances to move these lock to better position if cgroup is
an only user.

Thanks,
-Kame



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