[Devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3][V2] remove the ns_cgroup

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:50:17 +0200
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr> wrote:

> On 09/27/2010 10:46 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:36:58 -0500
> > "Serge E. Hallyn"<serge.hallyn at canonical.com>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >>>> This patchset removes the ns_cgroup by adding a new flag to the cgroup
> >>>> and the cgroupfs mount option. It enables the copy of the parent cgroup
> >>>> when a child cgroup is created. We can then safely remove the ns_cgroup as
> >>>> this flag brings a compatibility. We have now to manually create and add the
> >>>> task to a cgroup, which is consistent with the cgroup framework.
> >>>>          
> >>> So this is a non-backward-compatible userspace-visible change?
> >>>        
> >> Yes, it is.
> >>
> >> Patch 1 is needed to let lxc and libvirt both control containers with
> >> same cgroup setup.  Patch 3 however isn't *necessary* for that.  Daniel,
> >> what do you think about holding off on patch 3?
> >>      
> > One way of handling this would be to merge patches 1&2 which add the
> > new interface and also arrange for usage of the old interface(s) to
> > emit a printk, telling people that they're using a feature which is
> > scheduled for removal.
> >    
> 
> Right, that makes sense.
> 
> Do you will take the patches #1 and #2, drop the patch #3, and I send a 
> new patch with the printk warning ?
> Or shall I resend all ?

I dropped #3.  Please send the printk-warning patch.  I'd suggest a
printk_once(), nice and verbose.
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