Re: [PATCH 1/3] cgroup: fix pre_destroy and semantics of css->refcnt

[Li Zefan]

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:15:23 +0800
> Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>>> Now, final check of refcnt is done after pre_destroy(), so rmdir() can fail
>>> after pre_destroy().
>>> memcg set mem->obsolete to be 1 at pre_destroy and this is buggy..
>>>
>>> Several ways to fix this can be considered. This is an idea.
>>>
>> I don't see what's the difference with css_under_removal() in this patch and
>> cgroup_is_removed() which is currently available.
>>
>> CGRP_REMOVED flag is set in cgroup_rmdir() when it's confirmed that rmdir can
>> be sucessfully performed.
>>
>> So mem->obsolete can be replaced with:
>>
>> bool mem_cgroup_is_obsolete(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>> {
>> 	return cgroup_is_removed(mem->css.cgroup);
>> }
>>
>> Or am I missing something?
>>
> Yes.
> 	1. "cgroup" and "css" object are different object.
> 	2. css object may not be freed at destroy() (as current memcg does.)
> 
> Some of css objects cannot be freed even when there are no tasks because
> of reference from some persistent object or temporal refcnt.
> 

I just noticed mem_cgroup has its own refcnt now. The memcg code has changed
dramatically that I don't catch up with it. Thx for the explanation.

But I have another doubt:

void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)
{
	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;

	memcg = __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(page,
					MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_SWAPOUT);
	/* record memcg information */
	if (do_swap_account && memcg) {
		swap_cgroup_record(ent, memcg);
		mem_cgroup_get(memcg);
	}
}

In the above code, is it possible that memcg is freed before mem_cgroup_get()
increases memcg->refcnt?

> Please consider css_under_removal() as a kind of css_tryget() which doesn't
> increase any refcnt.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Kame
> 

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