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    cgroup: release cgroup_mutex over file removals · 4ac06017
    Tejun Heo authored
    Now that cftypes and all tree modification operations are protected by
    cgroup_tree_mutex, we can drop cgroup_mutex while deleting files and
    directories.  Drop cgroup_mutex over removals.
    
    This doesn't make any noticeable difference now but is to help kernfs
    conversion.  In kernfs, removals are sync points which drain in-flight
    operations as those operations would grab cgroup_mutex, trying to
    delete under cgroup_mutex would deadlock.  This can be resolved by
    just holding the outer cgroup_tree_mutex which nests outside both
    kernfs active reference and cgroup_mutex.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarLi Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
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