On 15.10.2015 17:44, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 05:21:04PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 15.10.2015 14:15, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
>>>
>>>> @@ -130,6 +131,34 @@ struct ve_struct {
>>>>  #endif
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>> +static inline struct ve_struct *get_exec_env(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +  struct ve_struct *ve;
>>>> +
>>>> +  if (++current->ve_attach_lock_depth > 1)
>>>> +          return current->task_ve;
>>>> +
>>>> +  rcu_read_lock();
>>>> +again:
>>>> +  ve = current->task_ve;
>>>> +  read_lock(&ve->attach_lock);
>>>> +  if (unlikely(current->task_ve != ve)) {
>>>> +          read_unlock(&ve->attach_lock);
>>>> +          goto again;
>>>
>>> Please, no. 3.10 kernel has task_work-s, ask the task you want to
>>> attach to ve to execute the work by moving itself into it and keep
>>> this small routine small and simple.
>>
>> cgroup_attach_task() is called under cgroup_mutex and threadgroup_lock(),
>> so we can't wait attaching task till it complete the task work (it may
>> execute any code; to be locking cgroup_mutex, for example).
> 
> Do we really want to wait until exec_env of the target task has changed?
> 
> Anyway, I think we can use task_work even if we need to be synchronous.
> You just need two task works - one for the target and one for the
> caller. The former will change the target task's exec_env while the
> latter will wait for it to finish.

Hm. Maybe, it would be a good idea if cgroup_attach_task() could not be
called several times at once. Every attach requires a separate task_work,
so it needs additional memory. This complicates the thing.
 
>>
>> Should we give a possibility (an interface) for userspace to get it know,
>> the task's finished ve changing?
>>
>>  
>>>> +  }
>>>> +  rcu_read_unlock();
>>>> +
>>>> +  return ve;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>
>>
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