From 97978e6d1f2da0073416870410459694fbdbfd9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Lezcano Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:33:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] cgroup: add clone_children control file The ns_cgroup is a control group interacting with the namespaces. When a new namespace is created, a corresponding cgroup is automatically created too. The cgroup name is the pid of the process who did 'unshare' or the child of 'clone'. This cgroup is tied with the namespace because it prevents a process to escape the control group and use the post_clone callback, so the child cgroup inherits the values of the parent cgroup. Unfortunately, the more we use this cgroup and the more we are facing problems with it: (1) when a process unshares, the cgroup name may conflict with a previous cgroup with the same pid, so unshare or clone return -EEXIST (2) the cgroup creation is out of control because there may have an application creating several namespaces where the system will automatically create several cgroups in his back and let them on the cgroupfs (eg. a vrf based on the network namespace). (3) the mix of (1) and (2) force an administrator to regularly check and clean these cgroups. This patchset removes the ns_cgroup by adding a new flag to the cgroup and the cgroupfs mount option. It enables the copy of the parent cgroup when a child cgroup is created. We can then safely remove the ns_cgroup as this flag brings a compatibility. We have now to manually create and add the task to a cgroup, which is consistent with the cgroup framework. This patch: Sent as an answer to a previous thread around the ns_cgroup. https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2009-June/018627.html It adds a control file 'clone_children' for a cgroup. This control file is a boolean specifying if the child cgroup should be a clone of the parent cgroup or not. The default value is 'false'. This flag makes the child cgroup to call the post_clone callback of all the subsystem, if it is available. At present, the cpuset is the only one which had implemented the post_clone callback. The option can be set at mount time by specifying the 'clone_children' mount option. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn Cc: Eric W. Biederman Acked-by: Paul Menage Reviewed-by: Li Zefan Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim Cc: Matt Helsley Acked-by: Balbir Singh Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 14 ++++++++++++-- include/linux/cgroup.h | 4 ++++ kernel/cgroup.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index b34823f..190018b 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ CONTENTS: 1.2 Why are cgroups needed ? 1.3 How are cgroups implemented ? 1.4 What does notify_on_release do ? - 1.5 How do I use cgroups ? + 1.5 What does clone_children do ? + 1.6 How do I use cgroups ? 2. Usage Examples and Syntax 2.1 Basic Usage 2.2 Attaching processes @@ -293,7 +294,16 @@ notify_on_release in the root cgroup at system boot is disabled value of their parents notify_on_release setting. The default value of a cgroup hierarchy's release_agent path is empty. -1.5 How do I use cgroups ? +1.5 What does clone_children do ? +--------------------------------- + +If the clone_children flag is enabled (1) in a cgroup, then all +cgroups created beneath will call the post_clone callbacks for each +subsystem of the newly created cgroup. Usually when this callback is +implemented for a subsystem, it copies the values of the parent +subsystem, this is the case for the cpuset. + +1.6 How do I use cgroups ? -------------------------- To start a new job that is to be contained within a cgroup, using diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h index 709dfb9..ed4ba11 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h @@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ enum { * A thread in rmdir() is wating for this cgroup. */ CGRP_WAIT_ON_RMDIR, + /* + * Clone cgroup values when creating a new child cgroup + */ + CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, }; /* which pidlist file are we talking about? */ diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index 9270d53..4b218a4 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ static int notify_on_release(const struct cgroup *cgrp) return test_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags); } +static int clone_children(const struct cgroup *cgrp) +{ + return test_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgrp->flags); +} + /* * for_each_subsys() allows you to iterate on each subsystem attached to * an active hierarchy @@ -1040,6 +1045,8 @@ static int cgroup_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs) seq_puts(seq, ",noprefix"); if (strlen(root->release_agent_path)) seq_printf(seq, ",release_agent=%s", root->release_agent_path); + if (clone_children(&root->top_cgroup)) + seq_puts(seq, ",clone_children"); if (strlen(root->name)) seq_printf(seq, ",name=%s", root->name); mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); @@ -1050,6 +1057,7 @@ struct cgroup_sb_opts { unsigned long subsys_bits; unsigned long flags; char *release_agent; + bool clone_children; char *name; /* User explicitly requested empty subsystem */ bool none; @@ -1097,6 +1105,8 @@ static int parse_cgroupfs_options(char *data, struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts) opts->none = true; } else if (!strcmp(token, "noprefix")) { set_bit(ROOT_NOPREFIX, &opts->flags); + } else if (!strcmp(token, "clone_children")) { + opts->clone_children = true; } else if (!strncmp(token, "release_agent=", 14)) { /* Specifying two release agents is forbidden */ if (opts->release_agent) @@ -1355,6 +1365,8 @@ static struct cgroupfs_root *cgroup_root_from_opts(struct cgroup_sb_opts *opts) strcpy(root->release_agent_path, opts->release_agent); if (opts->name) strcpy(root->name, opts->name); + if (opts->clone_children) + set_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &root->top_cgroup.flags); return root; } @@ -3173,6 +3185,23 @@ fail: return ret; } +static u64 cgroup_clone_children_read(struct cgroup *cgrp, + struct cftype *cft) +{ + return clone_children(cgrp); +} + +static int cgroup_clone_children_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, + struct cftype *cft, + u64 val) +{ + if (val) + set_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgrp->flags); + else + clear_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgrp->flags); + return 0; +} + /* * for the common functions, 'private' gives the type of file */ @@ -3203,6 +3232,11 @@ static struct cftype files[] = { .write_string = cgroup_write_event_control, .mode = S_IWUGO, }, + { + .name = "cgroup.clone_children", + .read_u64 = cgroup_clone_children_read, + .write_u64 = cgroup_clone_children_write, + }, }; static struct cftype cft_release_agent = { @@ -3332,6 +3366,9 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry, if (notify_on_release(parent)) set_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags); + if (clone_children(parent)) + set_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgrp->flags); + for_each_subsys(root, ss) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = ss->create(ss, cgrp); @@ -3346,6 +3383,8 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry, goto err_destroy; } /* At error, ->destroy() callback has to free assigned ID. */ + if (clone_children(parent) && ss->post_clone) + ss->post_clone(ss, cgrp); } cgroup_lock_hierarchy(root); -- 2.7.4