container freezer: implement freezer cgroup subsystem

This patch implements a new freezer subsystem in the control groups framework. It provides a way to stop and resume execution of all tasks in a cgroup by writing in the cgroup filesystem. The freezer subsystem in the container filesystem defines a file named freezer.state. Writing "FROZEN" to the state file will freeze all tasks in the cgroup. Subsequently writing "RUNNING" will unfreeze the tasks in the cgroup. Reading will return the current state. * Examples of usage : # mkdir /containers/freezer # mount -t cgroup -ofreezer freezer /containers # mkdir /containers/0 # echo $some_pid > /containers/0/tasks to get status of the freezer subsystem : # cat /containers/0/freezer.state RUNNING to freeze all tasks in the container : # echo FROZEN > /containers/0/freezer.state # cat /containers/0/freezer.state FREEZING # cat /containers/0/freezer.state FROZEN to unfreeze all tasks in the container : # echo RUNNING > /containers/0/freezer.state # cat /containers/0/freezer.state RUNNING This is the basic mechanism which should do the right thing for user space task in a simple scenario. It's important to note that freezing can be incomplete. In that case we return EBUSY. This means that some tasks in the cgroup are busy doing something that prevents us from completely freezing the cgroup at this time. After EBUSY, the cgroup will remain partially frozen -- reflected by freezer.state reporting "FREEZING" when read. The state will remain "FREEZING" until one of these things happens: 1) Userspace cancels the freezing operation by writing "RUNNING" to the freezer.state file 2) Userspace retries the freezing operation by writing "FROZEN" to the freezer.state file (writing "FREEZING" is not legal and returns EIO) 3) The tasks that blocked the cgroup from entering the "FROZEN" state disappear from the cgroup's set of tasks. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export thaw_process] Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Tested-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
raspberrypi · Oct 20, 2008 · dc52ddc · dc52ddc
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diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ config AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY
 	default y
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
 
 menu "System setup"

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ config VECTORS_BASE
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "System Type"
 
 choice

diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "System Type and features"
 
 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ config HARDWARE_PM
 	depends on OPROFILE
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
+
 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Blackfin Processor Options"
 
 comment "Processor and Board Settings"

diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ config HZ
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "General setup"
 
 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"

diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ mainmenu "Fujitsu FR-V Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 
 menu "Fujitsu FR-V system setup"
 

diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ config HZ
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 source "arch/h8300/Kconfig.cpu"
 
 menu "Executable file formats"

diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ mainmenu "IA-64 Linux Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Processor type and features"
 
 config IA64

diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ config HZ
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
 

diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ mainmenu "Linux/68k Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Platform dependent setup"
 
 config EISA

diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ config NO_IOPORT
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Processor type and features"
 
 choice

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1885,6 +1885,8 @@ config PROBE_INITRD_HEADER
 	  add initrd or initramfs image to the kernel image.
 	  Otherwise, say N.
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, ISA, TC)"
 
 config HW_HAS_EISA

diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ mainmenu "Matsushita MN10300/AM33 Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 
 menu "Matsushita MN10300 system setup"
 

diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
 

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ config PPC_OF_PLATFORM_PCI
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 source "arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig"
 source "arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig"
 

diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ config S390
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "Base setup"
 
 comment "Processor type and features"

diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ config IO_TRAPPED
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "System type"
 
 #

diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ config HZ
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 menu "General machine setup"
 
 config SMP

diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ config GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ
 	def_bool y
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
 

diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ endmenu
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
+
 source "drivers/block/Kconfig"
 
 source "arch/um/Kconfig.char"

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ config X86_TRAMPOLINE
 config KTIME_SCALAR
 	def_bool X86_32
 source "init/Kconfig"
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
 

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ config HZ
 	default 100
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
+source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
 

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ SUBSYS(devices)
 #endif
 
 /* */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER
+SUBSYS(freezer)
+#endif
+
+/* */
diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -46,26 +46,11 @@ static inline bool should_send_signal(struct task_struct *p)
 
 /*
  * Wake up a frozen process
- *
- * task_lock() is taken to prevent the race with refrigerator() which may
- * occur if the freezing of tasks fails.  Namely, without the lock, if the
- * freezing of tasks failed, thaw_tasks() might have run before a task in
- * refrigerator() could call frozen_process(), in which case the task would be
- * frozen and no one would thaw it.
  */
-static inline int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	task_lock(p);
-	if (frozen(p)) {
-		p->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
-		task_unlock(p);
-		wake_up_process(p);
-		return 1;
-	}
-	clear_freeze_flag(p);
-	task_unlock(p);
-	return 0;
-}
+extern int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p);
+
+/* Takes and releases task alloc lock using task_lock() */
+extern int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p);
 
 extern void refrigerator(void);
 extern int freeze_processes(void);
@@ -83,6 +68,12 @@ static inline int try_to_freeze(void)
 extern bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only);
 extern void cancel_freezing(struct task_struct *p);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER
+extern int cgroup_frozen(struct task_struct *task);
+#else /* !CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER */
+static inline int cgroup_frozen(struct task_struct *task) { return 0; }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER */
+
 /*
  * The PF_FREEZER_SKIP flag should be set by a vfork parent right before it
  * calls wait_for_completion(&vfork) and reset right after it returns from this

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ config CGROUP_NS
           for instance virtual servers and checkpoint/restart
           jobs.
 
+config CGROUP_FREEZER
+        bool "control group freezer subsystem"
+        depends on CGROUPS
+        help
+          Provides a way to freeze and unfreeze all tasks in a
+	  cgroup.
+
 config CGROUP_DEVICE
 	bool "Device controller for cgroups"
 	depends on CGROUPS && EXPERIMENTAL

diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.freezer b/kernel/Kconfig.freezer
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+config FREEZER
+	def_bool PM_SLEEP || CGROUP_FREEZER
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST) += backtracetest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS) += cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG) += cgroup_debug.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER) += cgroup_freezer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPUSETS) += cpuset.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NS) += ns_cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UTS_NS) += utsname.o