On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:01:22PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote: ... > > + * Recursively traverse down the cgroup_rstat_cpu updated tree and push > > + * parent first before its children into a singly linked list built from > > + * the tail backward like "pushing" cgroups into a stack. The parent is > > + * pushed by the caller. The recursion depth is the depth of the current > > + * updated subtree. > > + */ > > +static struct cgroup *cgroup_rstat_push_children(struct cgroup *head, > > + struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *prstatc, int cpu) > > +{ > > + struct cgroup *child, *parent; > > + struct cgroup_rstat_cpu *crstatc; > > + > > + parent = head; > > + child = prstatc->updated_children; > > + prstatc->updated_children = parent; > > + > > + /* updated_next is parent cgroup terminated */ > > + while (child != parent) { > > + child->rstat_flush_next = head; > > + head = child; > > + crstatc = cgroup_rstat_cpu(child, cpu); > > + if (crstatc->updated_children != child) > > + head = cgroup_rstat_push_children(head, crstatc, cpu); > > + child = crstatc->updated_next; > > + crstatc->updated_next = NULL; > > + } > > + return head; The recursion bothers me. We don't really have a hard limit on nesting depth. We might need to add another pointer field but can make this iterative, right? Thanks. -- tejun