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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 26/32] sched: Add a second-level tag for nested
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 06:19:56PM -0500, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> From: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>
> 
> Google has a usecase where the first level tag to tag a CGroup is not
> sufficient. So, a patch is carried for years where a second tag is added which
> is writeable by unprivileged users.
> 
> Google uses DAC controls to make the 'tag' possible to set only by root while
> the second-level 'color' can be changed by anyone. The actual names that
> Google uses is different, but the concept is the same.
> 
> The hierarchy looks like:
> 
> Root group
>    / \
>   A   B    (These are created by the root daemon - borglet).
>  / \   \
> C   D   E  (These are created by AppEngine within the container).
> 
> The reason why Google has two parts is that AppEngine wants to allow a subset of
> subcgroups within a parent tagged cgroup sharing execution. Think of these
> subcgroups belong to the same customer or project. Because these subcgroups are
> created by AppEngine, they are not tracked by borglet (the root daemon),
> therefore borglet won't have a chance to set a color for them. That's where
> 'color' file comes from. Color could be set by AppEngine, and once set, the
> normal tasks within the subcgroup would not be able to overwrite it. This is
> enforced by promoting the permission of the color file in cgroupfs.

Why can't the above work by setting 'tag' (that's a terrible name, why
does that still live) in CDE? Have the most specific tag live. Same with
that thread stuff.

All this API stuff here is a complete and utter trainwreck. Please just
delete the patches and start over. Hint: if you use stop_machine(),
you're doing it wrong.

At best you now have the requirements sorted.