Re: [PATCH 2/7] cgroups: Allow to bind a subsystem to a cgroup hierarchy

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Paul Menage wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> +       /*
>> +        * Indicate if this subsystem can be bound/unbound to/from a cgroup
>> +        * hierarchy which has child cgroups.
>> +        */
>> +       unsigned int can_bind:1;
> 
> Maybe call this "bindable"?
> 
> Basic idea looks great, it could do with a bunch more comments, and
> maybe locking rules.
> 
> Is there any chance of a lock inversion between dir->i_mutex and
> cgroup_lock in hierarchy_popuiate_dir() ?
> 

The lock order is:

mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex)
  mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex)
    mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD)

it should be safe.
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