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authorTomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>2012-09-03 09:26:33 +0300
committerTomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>2012-09-03 09:26:33 +0300
commitc50e86ce7c2961a41f2f7aa6e4fd6c99229ba205 (patch)
tree4ea36009719bd8fc523239fe1bdccb90f0dce3ae /include/linux/cgroup.h
parent14d33d384693eb6083396199de516fdef320f7af (diff)
parent4cbe5a555fa58a79b6ecbb6c531b8bab0650778d (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.6-rc4'
Merge 3.6-rc4 to get latest OMAP and device tree fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cgroup.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup.h17
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index d3f5fba2c15..c90eaa80344 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -500,21 +500,8 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
const char *name;
/*
- * Protects sibling/children links of cgroups in this
- * hierarchy, plus protects which hierarchy (or none) the
- * subsystem is a part of (i.e. root/sibling). To avoid
- * potential deadlocks, the following operations should not be
- * undertaken while holding any hierarchy_mutex:
- *
- * - allocating memory
- * - initiating hotplug events
- */
- struct mutex hierarchy_mutex;
- struct lock_class_key subsys_key;
-
- /*
* Link to parent, and list entry in parent's children.
- * Protected by this->hierarchy_mutex and cgroup_lock()
+ * Protected by cgroup_lock()
*/
struct cgroupfs_root *root;
struct list_head sibling;
@@ -602,7 +589,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *);
* the lifetime of cgroup_subsys_state is subsys's matter.
*
* Looking up and scanning function should be called under rcu_read_lock().
- * Taking cgroup_mutex()/hierarchy_mutex() is not necessary for following calls.
+ * Taking cgroup_mutex is not necessary for following calls.
* But the css returned by this routine can be "not populated yet" or "being
* destroyed". The caller should check css and cgroup's status.
*/