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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 4bccfc19196..455d4e6d346 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be
called multiple times against a cgroup.
int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct task_struct *task)
+ struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem
@@ -529,14 +529,20 @@ 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.
+remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. If threadgroup is
+true, then a successful result indicates that all threads in the given
+thread's threadgroup can be moved together.
void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+ struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task,
+ bool threadgroup)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
+If threadgroup is true, the subsystem should take care of all threads
+in the specified thread's threadgroup. Currently does not support any
+subsystem that might need the old_cgrp for every thread in the group.
void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task)