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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 5/4] memcg: don't call res_counter_uncharge when obsolete
* KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> [2009-01-15 12:24:16]:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:25:39 +0530
> Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > * Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> [2009-01-14 17:51:21]:
> >
> > > This is a new one. Please review.
> > >
> > > ===
> > > From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
> > >
> > > mem_cgroup_get ensures that the memcg that has been got can be accessed
> > > even after the directory has been removed, but it doesn't ensure that parents
> > > of it can be accessed: parents might have been freed already by rmdir.
> > >
> > > This causes a bug in case of use_hierarchy==1, because res_counter_uncharge
> > > climb up the tree.
> > >
> > > Check if the memcg is obsolete, and don't call res_counter_uncharge when obsole.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
> >
> > I liked the earlier, EBUSY approach that ensured that parents could
> > not go away if children exist. IMHO, the code has gotten too complex
> > and has too many corner cases. Time to revisit it.
> >
>
> But I don't like -EBUSY ;)
>
> When rmdir() returns -EBUSY even if there are no (visible) children and tasks,
> our customer will take kdump and send it to me "please explain this kernel bug"
>
> I'm sure it will happen ;)
>

OK, but memory.stat can show why the group is busy and with
move_to_parent() such issues should not occur right? I'll relook at
the code. Thanks for your input.

--
Balbir


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