Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:35:34 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: + cgroups-forbid-noprefix-if-mounting-more-than-just-cpuset-subsystem. patch added to -mm tree |
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:10:42 +0530 Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:08:04AM -0700, Paul Menage wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > > I am not sure if this is a good idea. For libcgroup, we would then be > > > adding a special case for just cpuset. I would rather that we allow it > > > either for all the subsystems or none of them. > > > > > > > libcgroup shouldn't be using the noprefix option. Its only intentded > > use is to allow the legacy "cpuset" filesystem type to be mounted and > > to see the same fileset as it had before the cgroups transition. > > > > It does not. But if some user is using that option, we need to be in a > position to handle it. > > I am quite happy not supporting the noprefix option in the library if it > is fine. >
fyi, the above discussion transitions akpm into the "confused" state. I'll keep the patch on hold until akpm transitions back out of that state.
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