containers (was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23)

[Ingo Molnar]

* Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 01:31:52AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > cpuset-zero-malloc-revert-the-old-cpuset-fix.patch
> > containersv10-basic-container-framework.patch
> > containersv10-basic-container-framework-fix.patch
> > containersv10-basic-container-framework-fix-2.patch
> > containersv10-basic-container-framework-fix-3.patch
> > containersv10-basic-container-framework-fix-for-bad-lock-balance-in-containers.patch
> > containersv10-example-cpu-accounting-subsystem.patch
> > containersv10-example-cpu-accounting-subsystem-fix.patch
> > containersv10-add-tasks-file-interface.patch
> > containersv10-add-tasks-file-interface-fix.patch
> > containersv10-add-tasks-file-interface-fix-2.patch
> > containersv10-add-fork-exit-hooks.patch
> > containersv10-add-fork-exit-hooks-fix.patch
> > containersv10-add-container_clone-interface.patch
> > containersv10-add-container_clone-interface-fix.patch
> > containersv10-add-procfs-interface.patch
> > containersv10-add-procfs-interface-fix.patch
> > containersv10-make-cpusets-a-client-of-containers.patch
> > containersv10-make-cpusets-a-client-of-containers-whitespace.patch
> > containersv10-share-css_group-arrays-between-tasks-with-same-container-memberships.patch
> > containersv10-share-css_group-arrays-between-tasks-with-same-container-memberships-fix.patch
> > containersv10-share-css_group-arrays-between-tasks-with-same-container-memberships-cpuset-zero-malloc-fix-for-new-containers.patch
> > containersv10-simple-debug-info-subsystem.patch
> > containersv10-simple-debug-info-subsystem-fix.patch
> > containersv10-simple-debug-info-subsystem-fix-2.patch
> > containersv10-support-for-automatic-userspace-release-agents.patch
> > containersv10-support-for-automatic-userspace-release-agents-whitespace.patch
> > add-containerstats-v3.patch
> > add-containerstats-v3-fix.patch
> > update-getdelays-to-become-containerstats-aware.patch
> > containers-implement-subsys-post_clone.patch
> > containers-implement-namespace-tracking-subsystem-v3.patch
> > 
> >  Container stuff.  Hold, I guess.  I was expecting updates from Paul.
> 
> Paul,
> 	Are you working on a new version? I thought it was mostly ready
> for mainline.

in particular CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED depends on these APIs. Once the 
APIs to configure are upstream, the group scheduler can be enabled too. 
(basically all the group scheduling bits are upstream now as part of 
CFS.)

	Ingo