cgroup: implement cgroup_subsys->implicit_on_dfl

Some controllers, perf_event for now and possibly freezer in the
future, don't really make sense to control explicitly through
"cgroup.subtree_control".  For example, the primary role of perf_event
is identifying the cgroups of tasks; however, because the controller
also keeps a small amount of state per cgroup, it can't be replaced
with simple cgroup membership tests.

This patch implements cgroup_subsys->implicit_on_dfl flag.  When set,
the controller is implicitly enabled on all cgroups on the v2
hierarchy so that utility type controllers such as perf_event can be
enabled and function transparently.

An implicit controller doesn't show up in "cgroup.controllers" or
"cgroup.subtree_control", is exempt from no internal process rule and
can be stolen from the default hierarchy even if there are non-root
csses.

v2: Reimplemented on top of the recent updates to css handling and
    subsystem rebinding.  Rebinding implicit subsystems is now a
    simple matter of exempting it from the busy subsystem check.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Tejun Heo
2016-03-08 11:51:26 -05:00
parent e4857982f4
commit f6d635ad34
2 changed files with 44 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
bool early_init:1;
/*
* If %true, the controller, on the default hierarchy, doesn't show
* up in "cgroup.controllers" or "cgroup.subtree_control", is
* implicitly enabled on all cgroups on the default hierarchy, and
* bypasses the "no internal process" constraint. This is for
* utility type controllers which is transparent to userland.
*
* An implicit controller can be stolen from the default hierarchy
* anytime and thus must be okay with offline csses from previous
* hierarchies coexisting with csses for the current one.
*/
bool implicit_on_dfl:1;
/*
* If %false, this subsystem is properly hierarchical -
* configuration, resource accounting and restriction on a parent