Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753757AbZFBUgS (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:36:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753237AbZFBUgH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:36:07 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:38410 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753113AbZFBUgF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:36:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:35:34 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Dhaval Giani Cc: menage@google.com, lizf@cn.fujitsu.com, balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com, libcg-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: + cgroups-forbid-noprefix-if-mounting-more-than-just-cpuset-subsystem. patch added to -mm tree Message-Id: <20090602133534.d2e453f6.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20090602174042.GD16753@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <200906020602.n5262wcu008560@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <20090602090944.GB16753@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830906020908s7cb6afe6pd83ca35b82d148a4@mail.gmail.com> <20090602174042.GD16753@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1260 Lines: 32 On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:10:42 +0530 Dhaval Giani 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 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/