[PATCH 0/3][V2] remove the ns_cgroup

Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezcano at free.fr
Tue Sep 28 06:50:17 PDT 2010


On 09/27/2010 10:46 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:36:58 -0500
> "Serge E. Hallyn"<serge.hallyn at canonical.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>>>> This patchset removes the ns_cgroup by adding a new flag to the cgroup
>>>> and the cgroupfs mount option. It enables the copy of the parent cgroup
>>>> when a child cgroup is created. We can then safely remove the ns_cgroup as
>>>> this flag brings a compatibility. We have now to manually create and add the
>>>> task to a cgroup, which is consistent with the cgroup framework.
>>>>          
>>> So this is a non-backward-compatible userspace-visible change?
>>>        
>> Yes, it is.
>>
>> Patch 1 is needed to let lxc and libvirt both control containers with
>> same cgroup setup.  Patch 3 however isn't *necessary* for that.  Daniel,
>> what do you think about holding off on patch 3?
>>      
> One way of handling this would be to merge patches 1&2 which add the
> new interface and also arrange for usage of the old interface(s) to
> emit a printk, telling people that they're using a feature which is
> scheduled for removal.
>    

Right, that makes sense.

Do you will take the patches #1 and #2, drop the patch #3, and I send a 
new patch with the printk warning ?
Or shall I resend all ?

Thanks
   -- Daniel


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