Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754213AbZFBX1g (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:27:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751826AbZFBX12 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:27:28 -0400 Received: from e37.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.158]:39099 "EHLO e37.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751742AbZFBX11 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:27:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:27:24 +0800 From: Balbir Singh To: Dhaval Giani Cc: Paul Menage , akpm@linux-foundation.org, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, lizf@cn.fujitsu.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, lkml , Bharata B Rao , libcg-devel Subject: Re: + cgroups-forbid-noprefix-if-mounting-more-than-just-cpuset-subsystem. patch added to -mm tree Message-ID: <20090602232724.GB29326@balbir.in.ibm.com> Reply-To: balbir@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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090602174042.GD16753@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 34 * Dhaval Giani [2009-06-02 23:10:42]: > 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. > I am not for supporting noprefix in the library, like Paul said it is for legacy users who already have their applications working with libcpuset or an equivalent library. libcgroup should not bother about noprefix. -- Balbir -- 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/