linux/kernel
Aristeu Rozanski 03b1cde6b2 cgroup: add xattr support
This is one of the items in the plumber's wish list.

For use cases:

>> What would the use case be for this?
>
> Attaching meta information to services, in an easily discoverable
> way. For example, in systemd we create one cgroup for each service, and
> could then store data like the main pid of the specific service as an
> xattr on the cgroup itself. That way we'd have almost all service state
> in the cgroupfs, which would make it possible to terminate systemd and
> later restart it without losing any state information. But there's more:
> for example, some very peculiar services cannot be terminated on
> shutdown (i.e. fakeraid DM stuff) and it would be really nice if the
> services in question could just mark that on their cgroup, by setting an
> xattr. On the more desktopy side of things there are other
> possibilities: for example there are plans defining what an application
> is along the lines of a cgroup (i.e. an app being a collection of
> processes). With xattrs one could then attach an icon or human readable
> program name on the cgroup.
>
> The key idea is that this would allow attaching runtime meta information
> to cgroups and everything they model (services, apps, vms), that doesn't
> need any complex userspace infrastructure, has good access control
> (i.e. because the file system enforces that anyway, and there's the
> "trusted." xattr namespace), notifications (inotify), and can easily be
> shared among applications.
>
> Lennart

v7:
- no changes
v6:
- remove user xattr namespace, only allow trusted and security
v5:
- check for capabilities before setting/removing xattrs
v4:
- no changes
v3:
- instead of config option, use mount option to enable xattr support

Original-patch-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: Lennart Poettering <lpoetter@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2012-08-24 15:55:33 -07:00
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debug kernel/debug: Make use of KGDB_REASON_NMI 2012-07-31 08:16:43 -05:00
events perf/trace: Add ability to set a target task for events 2012-07-31 17:02:05 +02:00
gcov gcov: disable CONSTRUCTORS for UML 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-08-03 10:56:44 -07:00
power Revert "NMI watchdog: fix for lockup detector breakage on resume" 2012-08-08 20:49:45 +02:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-08-20 10:35:05 -07:00
time time: Fix adjustment cleanup bug in timekeeping_adjust() 2012-08-05 12:37:14 +02:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-08-03 10:57:20 -07:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-06-01 10:34:35 -07:00
acct.c Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-01-08 12:19:57 -08:00
async.c [SCSI] async: make async_synchronize_full() flush all work regardless of domain 2012-07-20 09:07:37 +01:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-08-01 10:26:23 -07:00
audit.h audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used 2012-01-17 16:16:57 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: clean up refcounting in audit-tree 2012-08-15 12:55:22 +02:00
audit_watch.c get rid of kern_path_parent() 2012-07-14 16:35:02 +04:00
auditfilter.c audit: allow interfield comparison in audit rules 2012-01-17 16:17:01 -05:00
auditsc.c seccomp: remove duplicated failure logging 2012-04-14 11:13:20 +10:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c userns: Teach inode_capable to understand inodes whose uids map to other namespaces. 2012-05-15 14:59:24 -07:00
cgroup.c cgroup: add xattr support 2012-08-24 15:55:33 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: convert all non-memcg controllers to the new cftype interface 2012-04-01 12:09:55 -07:00
compat.c new helper: sigsuspend() 2012-05-21 23:52:30 -04:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: include MODULE_*() when CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=n 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
cpu.c mm/hotplug: correctly setup fallback zonelists when creating new pgdat 2012-07-31 18:42:44 -07:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm.c: fix various typos 2012-05-31 17:49:27 -07:00
cpuset.c cpusets: Remove/update outdated comments 2012-07-24 13:53:28 +02:00
crash_dump.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
cred.c keys: kill task_struct->replacement_session_keyring 2012-05-23 22:11:41 -04:00
delayacct.c KVM: Steal time implementation 2011-07-14 12:59:14 +03:00
dma.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c posix_types.h: Cleanup stale __NFDBITS and related definitions 2012-07-26 13:36:43 -07:00
extable.c extable: Skip sorting if sorted at build time. 2012-04-19 15:06:55 -07:00
fork.c memcg: rename config variables 2012-07-31 18:42:43 -07:00
freezer.c PM / Freezer: Remove references to TIF_FREEZE in comments 2012-03-04 23:08:54 +01:00
futex.c futex: Forbid uaddr == uaddr2 in futex_wait_requeue_pi() 2012-07-24 16:02:57 +02:00
futex_compat.c futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated 2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
groups.c userns: Convert in_group_p and in_egroup_p to use kgid_t 2012-05-03 03:29:33 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each hrtimer_interrupt 2012-07-11 23:34:39 +02:00
hung_task.c hung task debugging: Inject NMI when hung and going to panic 2012-04-25 12:39:25 +02:00
irq_work.c irq_work: fix compile failure on tile from missing include 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
itimer.c itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE 2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c static keys: Inline the static_key_enabled() function 2012-02-28 20:01:08 +01:00
kallsyms.c vsprintf: fix %ps on non symbols when using kallsyms 2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
kcmp.c syscalls, x86: add __NR_kcmp syscall 2012-05-31 17:49:32 -07:00
kexec.c kdump: append newline to the last lien of vmcoreinfo note 2012-07-30 17:25:20 -07:00
kfifo.c [media] kernel:kfifo: export __kfifo_max_r symbol 2012-04-11 18:24:37 -03:00
kmod.c kmod: avoid deadlock from recursive kmod call 2012-07-30 17:25:20 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe() 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs.c is implicitly using stat.h 2011-10-31 09:20:13 -04:00
kthread.c kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed 2012-07-22 10:15:28 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lglock.c brlocks/lglocks: turn into functions 2012-05-29 23:28:41 -04:00
lockdep.c lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat 2012-02-21 09:06:06 -08:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_states.h
module.c Guard check in module loader against integer overflow 2012-05-23 22:28:53 +09:30
mutex-debug.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() 2012-03-01 10:28:03 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
nsproxy.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
padata.c padata: Fix cpu hotplug 2012-03-29 19:52:46 +08:00
panic.c panic: fix a possible deadlock in panic() 2012-07-30 17:25:13 -07:00
params.c params: replace printk(KERN_<LVL>...) with pr_<lvl>(...) 2012-05-04 17:28:18 -07:00
pid.c mm: add a low limit to alloc_large_system_hash 2012-05-24 00:28:21 -04:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: guarantee that the pidns init will be the last pidns process reaped 2012-06-20 14:39:36 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
posix-timers.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
printk.c printk: Fix calculation of length used to discard records 2012-08-12 21:25:50 +03:00
profile.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
ptrace.c userns: Convert ptrace, kill, set_priority permission checks to work with kuids and kgids 2012-05-03 03:28:51 -07:00
range.c range: fix bogus misuse of module.h to get printk() 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
rcu.h rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Consolidate tree/tiny __rcu_read_{,un}lock() implementations 2012-07-02 12:34:23 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Fix rcu_is_cpu_idle() #ifdef in TINY_RCU 2012-07-02 12:34:25 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Fix code-style issues involving "else" 2012-07-06 06:01:48 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's source code. 2012-07-06 06:01:49 -07:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix code-style issues involving "else" 2012-07-06 06:01:48 -07:00
rcutree.h Merge branches 'bigrtm.2012.07.04a', 'doctorture.2012.07.02a', 'fixes.2012.07.06a' and 'fnh.2012.07.02a' into HEAD 2012-07-06 05:59:30 -07:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Fix code-style issues involving "else" 2012-07-06 06:01:48 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's source code. 2012-07-06 06:01:49 -07:00
relay.c splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-06-13 21:16:42 +02:00
res_counter.c rescounters: add res_counter_uncharge_until() 2012-05-29 16:22:27 -07:00
resource.c resource: make sure requested range is included in the root range 2012-07-30 17:25:21 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error 2011-12-06 08:16:49 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem 2011-12-14 14:54:22 -08:00
rtmutex.c Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled" 2011-12-11 10:33:18 -08:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix build warnings when there is no CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER 2012-04-18 12:24:52 +10:00
semaphore.c semaphore: fix improper comment reference to mutex 2012-04-05 17:15:55 -07:00
signal.c signal: make sure we don't get stopped with pending task_work 2012-07-22 23:57:54 +04:00
smp.c smp: Remove ipi_call_lock[_irq]()/ipi_call_unlock[_irq]() 2012-06-05 17:27:14 +02:00
smpboot.c smpboot, idle: Fix comment mismatch over idle_threads_init() 2012-05-24 22:58:08 +02:00
smpboot.h smpboot: Remove leftover declaration 2012-06-11 15:07:52 +02:00
softirq.c mm: allow PF_MEMALLOC from softirq context 2012-07-31 18:42:45 -07:00
spinlock.c locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c rcu: Implement per-domain single-threaded call_srcu() state machine 2012-04-30 10:48:25 -07:00
stacktrace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: avoid argv_free(NULL) 2012-07-30 17:25:13 -07:00
sys_ni.c syscalls, x86: add __NR_kcmp syscall 2012-05-31 17:49:32 -07:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-08-01 10:26:23 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c mm: prepare for removal of obsolete /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads 2012-07-31 18:42:40 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: add a scheduling point in task_work_run() 2012-08-21 09:11:44 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: check nla_reserve() return 2012-07-30 17:25:21 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Remove bogus comments 2012-03-15 18:17:55 -07:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c alpha: take a bunch of syscalls into osf_sys.c 2012-08-19 08:41:19 -07:00
tracepoint.c static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
tsacct.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
uid16.c userns: Convert setting and getting uid and gid system calls to use kuid and kgid 2012-05-03 03:28:41 -07:00
up.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user-return-notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user.c userns: Silence silly gcc warning. 2012-05-19 15:44:40 -06:00
user_namespace.c userns: Store uid and gid values in struct cred with kuid_t and kgid_t types 2012-05-03 03:28:38 -07:00
utsname.c userns: Use cred->user_ns instead of cred->user->user_ns 2012-04-07 16:55:51 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
wait.c lockdep/waitqueues: Add better annotation 2011-12-21 10:07:39 +01:00
watchdog.c Revert "NMI watchdog: fix for lockup detector breakage on resume" 2012-08-08 20:49:45 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: fix spurious CPU locality WARN from process_one_work() 2012-07-22 10:16:34 -07:00
workqueue_sched.h