Matt Helsley wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 09:42 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:58:43 -0700
>> Matt Helsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 13:07 -0700, Paul Menage wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Paul Menage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Matt Helsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> One is to try and disallow users from moving frozen tasks. That doesn't
>>>>>> seem like a good approach since it would require a new cgroups interface
>>>>>> "can_detach()".
>>>>> Detaching from the old cgroup happens at the same time as attaching to
>>>>> the new cgroup, so can_attach() would work here.
>>> Update: I've made a patch implementing this. However it might be better
>>> to just modify attach() to thaw the moving task rather than disallow
>>> moving the frozen task. Serge, Cedric, Kame-san, do you have any
>>> thoughts on which is more useful and/or intuitive?
>>>
>> Thank you for explanation in previous mail.
>>
>> Hmm, just thawing seems atractive but it will confuse people (I think).
>>
>> I think some kind of process-group is freezed by this freezer and "moving
>> freezed task" is wrong(unexpected) operation in general. And there will
>> be no demand to do that from users.
>> I think just taking "moving freezed task" as error-operation and returning
>> -EBUSY is better.
>
> Kame-san,
>
> I've been working on changes to the can_attach() code so it was pretty
> easy to try this out.
>
> Don't let frozen tasks or cgroups change. This means frozen tasks can't
> leave their current cgroup for another cgroup. It also means that tasks
> cannot be added to or removed from a cgroup in the FROZEN state. We
> enforce these rules by checking for frozen tasks and cgroups in the
> can_attach() function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
> Builds, boots, passes testing against 2.6.26-rc5-mm2
>
> kernel/cgroup_freezer.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.26-rc5-mm2/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.26-rc5-mm2.orig/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> +++ linux-2.6.26-rc5-mm2/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
> @@ -89,26 +89,43 @@ static void freezer_destroy(struct cgrou
> struct cgroup *cgroup)
> {
> kfree(cgroup_freezer(cgroup));
> }
>
> +/* Task is frozen or will freeze immediately when next it gets woken */
> +static bool is_task_frozen_enough(struct task_struct *task)
> +{
> + return (frozen(task) || (task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) &&
> freezing(task)));
> +}
>
> +/*
> + * The call to cgroup_lock() in the freezer.state write method prevents
> + * a write to that file racing against an attach, and hence the
> + * can_attach() result will remain valid until the attach completes.
> + */
> static int freezer_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
> struct cgroup *new_cgroup,
> struct task_struct *task)
> {
> struct freezer *freezer;
> - int retval = 0;
> + int retval;
> +
> + /* Anything frozen can't move or be moved to/from */
> +
> + if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
> + return -EBUSY;
>
cgroup_lock() can prevent the state change of old_cgroup and new_cgroup, but
will the following racy happen ?
1 2
can_attach(tsk)
is_task_frozen_enough(tsk) == false
freeze_task(tsk)
attach(tsk)
i.e., will is_task_frozen_enough(tsk) remain valid through can_attach() and
attach()?
> - /*
> - * The call to cgroup_lock() in the freezer.state write method prevents
> - * a write to that file racing against an attach, and hence the
> - * can_attach() result will remain valid until the attach completes.
> - */
> freezer = cgroup_freezer(new_cgroup);
> if (freezer->state == STATE_FROZEN)
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> + retval = 0;
> + task_lock(task);
> + freezer = task_freezer(task);
> + if (freezer->state == STATE_FROZEN)
> retval = -EBUSY;
> + task_unlock(task);
> return retval;
> }
>
> static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
> {
> @@ -139,16 +156,11 @@ static void check_if_frozen(struct cgrou
> unsigned int nfrozen = 0, ntotal = 0;
>
> cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
> while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
> ntotal++;
> - /*
> - * Task is frozen or will freeze immediately when next it gets
> - * woken
> - */
> - if (frozen(task) ||
> - (task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) && freezing(task)))
> + if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
> nfrozen++;
> }
>
> /*
> * Transition to FROZEN when no new tasks can be added ensures
> @@ -195,15 +207,11 @@ static int try_to_freeze_cgroup(struct c
> freezer->state = STATE_FREEZING;
> cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
> while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
> if (!freeze_task(task, true))
> continue;
> - if (task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) && freezing(task))
> - /*
> - * The freeze flag is set so these tasks will
> - * immediately go into the fridge upon waking.
> - */
> + if (is_task_frozen_enough(task))
> continue;
> if (!freezing(task) && !freezer_should_skip(task))
> num_cant_freeze_now++;
> }
> cgroup_iter_end(cgroup, &it);
>
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