Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:49:04 -0800 | From | "Paul Menage" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] containers (V7): Cpusets hooked into containers |
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On 2/15/07, Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > config CONTAINERS > > - bool "Container support" > > - help > > - This option will let you create and manage process containers, > > - which can be used to aggregate multiple processes, e.g. for > > - the purposes of resource tracking. > > - > > - Say N if unsure > > + bool > > Hi, > > why did you do this? >
Containers on their own aren't all that useful, other than for process tracking, so it seemed reasonable to only build containers if there was some subsystem using them. If people wanted to use them for process tracking alone, it could certainly be made an individually-selectable option.
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