On 2012/11/9 3:07, Tejun Heo wrote: > Subject: cgroup: add cgroup_subsys->post_create() > > Currently, there's no way for a controller to find out whether a new > cgroup finished all ->create() allocatinos successfully and is > considered "live" by cgroup. > > This becomes a problem later when we add generic descendants walking > to cgroup which can be used by controllers as controllers don't have a > synchronization point where it can synchronize against new cgroups > appearing in such walks. > > This patch adds ->post_create(). It's called after all ->create() > succeeded and the cgroup is linked into the generic cgroup hierarchy. > This plays the counterpart of ->pre_destroy(). > > When used in combination with the to-be-added generic descendant > iterators, ->post_create() can be used to implement reliable state > inheritance. It will be explained with the descendant iterators. > > v2: Added a paragraph about its future use w/ descendant iterators per > Michal. > > v3: Forgot to add ->post_create() invocation to cgroup_load_subsys(). > Fixed. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <[email protected]> > Cc: Glauber Costa <[email protected]>
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