---

yaml
---
r: 187204
b: refs/heads/master
c: 2468c72
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5ce9f07bf1bed9a1f9886373ad0b149294f84c25
+refs/heads/master: 2468c7234b366eeb799ee0648cb58f9cba394a54

trunk/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt

@@ -536,10 +536,21 @@ returns an error, this will abort the attach operation.  If a NULL
 task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any*
 unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't
 called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should
-remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. If threadgroup is
+remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
+attach() or cancel_attach() will be called in future. If threadgroup is
 true, then a successful result indicates that all threads in the given
 thread's threadgroup can be moved together.
 
+void cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+	       struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
+(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
+
+Called when a task attach operation has failed after can_attach() has succeeded.
+A subsystem whose can_attach() has some side-effects should provide this
+function, so that the subsytem can implement a rollback. If not, not necessary.
+This will be called only about subsystems whose can_attach() operation have
+succeeded.
+
 void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	    struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task,
 	    bool threadgroup)

trunk/include/linux/cgroup.h

@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 	void (*destroy)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	int (*can_attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 			  struct task_struct *tsk, bool threadgroup);
+	void (*cancel_attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+			  struct task_struct *tsk, bool threadgroup);
 	void (*attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 			struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk,
 			bool threadgroup);

trunk/kernel/cgroup.c

@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen)
 int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
-	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
+	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, *failed_ss = NULL;
 	struct cgroup *oldcgrp;
 	struct css_set *cg;
 	struct css_set *newcg;
@@ -1568,8 +1568,16 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (ss->can_attach) {
 			retval = ss->can_attach(ss, cgrp, tsk, false);
-			if (retval)
-				return retval;
+			if (retval) {
+				/*
+				 * Remember on which subsystem the can_attach()
+				 * failed, so that we only call cancel_attach()
+				 * against the subsystems whose can_attach()
+				 * succeeded. (See below)
+				 */
+				failed_ss = ss;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1583,14 +1591,17 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 */
 	newcg = find_css_set(cg, cgrp);
 	put_css_set(cg);
-	if (!newcg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!newcg) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING) {
 		task_unlock(tsk);
 		put_css_set(newcg);
-		return -ESRCH;
+		retval = -ESRCH;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->cgroups, newcg);
 	task_unlock(tsk);
@@ -1616,7 +1627,22 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * is no longer empty.
 	 */
 	cgroup_wakeup_rmdir_waiter(cgrp);
-	return 0;
+out:
+	if (retval) {
+		for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
+			if (ss == failed_ss)
+				/*
+				 * This subsystem was the one that failed the
+				 * can_attach() check earlier, so we don't need
+				 * to call cancel_attach() against it or any
+				 * remaining subsystems.
+				 */
+				break;
+			if (ss->cancel_attach)
+				ss->cancel_attach(ss, cgrp, tsk, false);
+		}
+	}
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /*