Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fix dentry still in use bug when dropping css refs after umount

[Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>]

>> @@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state {

>>  	/* ID for this css, if possible */
>>  	struct css_id __rcu *id;
>>  
>> -	/* Used to put @cgroup->dentry on the last css_put() */
>> -	struct work_struct dput_work;
>> +	/* Used to put @cgroup->css_refs on the last css_put() */
>> +	struct work_struct put_work;
>>  };
>>  
>>  /* bits in struct cgroup_subsys_state flags field */
>> @@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ struct cgroup {
>>  	 */
>>  	atomic_t count;
>>  
>> +	/* We won't destroy the cgroup when there are css refs */
>> +	struct kref css_refs;
>> +
>>  	/*
>>  	 * We link our 'sibling' struct into our parent's 'children'.
>>  	 * Our children link their 'sibling' into our 'children'.
> 
> Hmm... adding another layer of refcnting.  Now we end up with three
> layers of refcnting - the active usage via cgroup->count, cgroup
> lifetime via cgroup->dentry->d_count and this extended lifecycle
> refcnt.  In addition, we now have to deal with partially destroyed
> cgroups - e.g. running cgroup_path() will oops on lingering cgroups.
> Hating this tangling of dentries and cgroups more and more.  :(
> 


yeah, the fix you sent looks better.