Re: [patch v2 2/6] memcg: keep prev's css alive for the whole mem_cgroup_iter

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(2012/11/27 3:47), Michal Hocko wrote:
> css reference counting keeps the cgroup alive even though it has been
> already removed. mem_cgroup_iter relies on this fact and takes a
> reference to the returned group. The reference is then released on the
> next iteration or mem_cgroup_iter_break.
> mem_cgroup_iter currently releases the reference right after it gets the
> last css_id.
> This is correct because neither prev's memcg nor cgroup are accessed
> after then. This will change in the next patch so we need to hold the
> group alive a bit longer so let's move the css_put at the end of the
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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