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-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup.h3
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c17
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 64047ae7fde1..cda7eb2239e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ enum {
*
* - Remount is disallowed.
*
+ * - memcg: use_hierarchy is on by default and the cgroup file for
+ * the flag is not created.
+ *
* The followings are planned changes.
*
* - release_agent will be disallowed once replacement notification
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9715c0c491b0..df87bdd4d692 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5814,6 +5814,7 @@ static struct cftype mem_cgroup_files[] = {
},
{
.name = "use_hierarchy",
+ .flags = CFTYPE_INSANE,
.write_u64 = mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write,
.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_hierarchy_read,
},
@@ -6784,6 +6785,21 @@ static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup *cont,
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Cgroup retains root cgroups across [un]mount cycles making it necessary
+ * to verify sane_behavior flag on each mount attempt.
+ */
+static void mem_cgroup_bind(struct cgroup *root)
+{
+ /*
+ * use_hierarchy is forced with sane_behavior. cgroup core
+ * guarantees that @root doesn't have any children, so turning it
+ * on for the root memcg is enough.
+ */
+ if (cgroup_sane_behavior(root))
+ mem_cgroup_from_cont(root)->use_hierarchy = true;
+}
+
struct cgroup_subsys mem_cgroup_subsys = {
.name = "memory",
.subsys_id = mem_cgroup_subsys_id,
@@ -6794,6 +6810,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys mem_cgroup_subsys = {
.can_attach = mem_cgroup_can_attach,
.cancel_attach = mem_cgroup_cancel_attach,
.attach = mem_cgroup_move_task,
+ .bind = mem_cgroup_bind,
.base_cftypes = mem_cgroup_files,
.early_init = 0,
.use_id = 1,
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