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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] mm: memcg: switch to css_tryget() in get_mem_cgroup_from_mm()
Hello,

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 08:16:57PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Then what is the point of this function and what about all other users?

It is useful for controlling admissions of new userspace visible uses
- e.g. a tracepoint shouldn't be allowed to be attached to a cgroup
which has already been deleted. We're just using it too liberally.

Thanks.

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tejun

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