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-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup.h21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ceb87507667e..9f8bef8f3a60 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -639,16 +639,29 @@ static inline bool task_under_cgroup_hierarchy(struct task_struct *task,
return cgroup_is_descendant(cset->dfl_cgrp, ancestor);
}
+/*
+ * Populated counters: writes happen under css_set_lock. The accessors below
+ * may read unlocked. What an unpopulated result means depends on context:
+ *
+ * - No lock held. Just a snapshot. May race with concurrent updates and is
+ * useful only as a hint.
+ *
+ * - cgroup_mutex held. Migration into the cgroup is blocked, so an observed
+ * !populated stays !populated until cgroup_mutex is dropped.
+ *
+ * - CSS_DYING set. The css can no longer be repopulated, so !populated is
+ * sticky once observed.
+ */
static inline bool cgroup_has_tasks(struct cgroup *cgrp)
{
- return cgrp->nr_populated_csets;
+ return READ_ONCE(cgrp->nr_populated_csets);
}
-/* no synchronization, the result can only be used as a hint */
static inline bool cgroup_is_populated(struct cgroup *cgrp)
{
- return cgrp->nr_populated_csets + cgrp->nr_populated_domain_children +
- cgrp->nr_populated_threaded_children;
+ return READ_ONCE(cgrp->nr_populated_csets) +
+ READ_ONCE(cgrp->nr_populated_domain_children) +
+ READ_ONCE(cgrp->nr_populated_threaded_children);
}
/* returns ino associated with a cgroup */