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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2012-10-16 15:03:15 -0700
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2012-10-20 16:33:12 -0700
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parentcgroup_freezer: prepare update_if_frozen() for locking change (diff)
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cgroup_freezer: don't use cgroup_lock_live_group()
freezer_read/write() used cgroup_lock_live_group() to synchronize against task migration into and out of the target cgroup. cgroup_lock_live_group() grabs the internal cgroup lock and using it from outside cgroup core leads to complex and fragile locking dependency issues which are difficult to resolve. Now that freezer_can_attach() is replaced with freezer_attach() and update_if_frozen() updated, nothing requires excluding migration against freezer state reads and changes. This patch removes cgroup_lock_live_group() and the matching cgroup_unlock() usages. The prone-to-bitrot, already outdated and unnecessary global lock hierarchy documentation is replaced with documentation in local scope. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
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