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Ben Blum authored
This patch series provides the ability for cgroup subsystems to be compiled as modules both within and outside the kernel tree. This is mainly useful for classifiers and subsystems that hook into components that are already modules. cls_cgroup and blkio-cgroup serve as the example use cases for this feature. It provides an interface cgroup_load_subsys() and cgroup_unload_subsys() which modular subsystems can use to register and depart during runtime. The net_cls classifier subsystem serves as the example for a subsystem which can be converted into a module using these changes. Patch #1 sets up the subsys[] array so its contents can be dynamic as modules appear and (eventually) disappear. Iterations over the array are modified to handle when subsystems are absent, and the dynamic section of the array is protected by cgroup_mutex. Patch #2 implements an interface for modules to load subsystems, called cgroup_load_subsys, similar to cgroup_init_subsys, and adds a module pointer in struct cgroup_subsys. Patch #3 adds a mechanism for unloading modular subsystems, which includes a more advanced rework of the rudimentary reference counting introduced in patch 2. Patch #4 modifies the net_cls subsystem, which already had some module declarations, to be configurable as a module, which also serves as a simple proof-of-concept. Part of implementing patches 2 and 4 involved updating css pointers in each css_set when the module appears or leaves. In doing this, it was discovered that css_sets always remain linked to the dummy cgroup, regardless of whether or not any subsystems are actually bound to it (i.e., not mounted on an actual hierarchy). The subsystem loading and unloading code therefore should keep in mind the special cases where the added subsystem is the only one in the dummy cgroup (and therefore all css_sets need to be linked back into it) and where the removed subsys was the only one in the dummy cgroup (and therefore all css_sets should be unlinked from it) - however, as all css_sets always stay attached to the dummy cgroup anyway, these cases are ignored. Any fix that addresses this issue should also make sure these cases are addressed in the subsystem loading and unloading code. This patch: Make subsys[] able to be dynamically populated to support modular subsystems This patch reworks the way the subsys[] array is used so that subsystems can register themselves after boot time, and enables the internals of cgroups to be able to handle when subsystems are not present or may appear/disappear. Signed-off-by:
Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Acked-by:
Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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