cgroup: implement cgroup v2 thread support

This patch implements cgroup v2 thread support.  The goal of the
thread mode is supporting hierarchical accounting and control at
thread granularity while staying inside the resource domain model
which allows coordination across different resource controllers and
handling of anonymous resource consumptions.

A cgroup is always created as a domain and can be made threaded by
writing to the "cgroup.type" file.  When a cgroup becomes threaded, it
becomes a member of a threaded subtree which is anchored at the
closest ancestor which isn't threaded.

The threads of the processes which are in a threaded subtree can be
placed anywhere without being restricted by process granularity or
no-internal-process constraint.  Note that the threads aren't allowed
to escape to a different threaded subtree.  To be used inside a
threaded subtree, a controller should explicitly support threaded mode
and be able to handle internal competition in the way which is
appropriate for the resource.

The root of a threaded subtree, the nearest ancestor which isn't
threaded, is called the threaded domain and serves as the resource
domain for the whole subtree.  This is the last cgroup where domain
controllers are operational and where all the domain-level resource
consumptions in the subtree are accounted.  This allows threaded
controllers to operate at thread granularity when requested while
staying inside the scope of system-level resource distribution.

As the root cgroup is exempt from the no-internal-process constraint,
it can serve as both a threaded domain and a parent to normal cgroups,
so, unlike non-root cgroups, the root cgroup can have both domain and
threaded children.

Internally, in a threaded subtree, each css_set has its ->dom_cset
pointing to a matching css_set which belongs to the threaded domain.
This ensures that thread root level cgroup_subsys_state for all
threaded controllers are readily accessible for domain-level
operations.

This patch enables threaded mode for the pids and perf_events
controllers.  Neither has to worry about domain-level resource
consumptions and it's enough to simply set the flag.

For more details on the interface and behavior of the thread mode,
please refer to the section 2-2-2 in Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt added
by this patch.

v5: - Dropped silly no-op ->dom_cgrp init from cgroup_create().
      Spotted by Waiman.
    - Documentation updated as suggested by Waiman.
    - cgroup.type content slightly reformatted.
    - Mark the debug controller threaded.

v4: - Updated to the general idea of marking specific cgroups
      domain/threaded as suggested by PeterZ.

v3: - Dropped "join" and always make mixed children join the parent's
      threaded subtree.

v2: - After discussions with Waiman, support for mixed thread mode is
      added.  This should address the issue that Peter pointed out
      where any nesting should be avoided for thread subtrees while
      coexisting with other domain cgroups.
    - Enabling / disabling thread mode now piggy backs on the existing
      control mask update mechanism.
    - Bug fixes and cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
index 651c4363c85e..9d741959f218 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h
@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 	bool implicit_on_dfl:1;
 
 	/*
+	 * If %true, the controller, supports threaded mode on the default
+	 * hierarchy.  In a threaded subtree, both process granularity and
+	 * no-internal-process constraint are ignored and a threaded
+	 * controllers should be able to handle that.
+	 *
+	 * Note that as an implicit controller is automatically enabled on
+	 * all cgroups on the default hierarchy, it should also be
+	 * threaded.  implicit && !threaded is not supported.
+	 */
+	bool threaded:1;
+
+	/*
 	 * If %false, this subsystem is properly hierarchical -
 	 * configuration, resource accounting and restriction on a parent
 	 * cgroup cover those of its children.  If %true, hierarchy support