Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-14 Thread Glyn Normington
On 14/03/2014 14:01, Tejun Heo wrote: Hey, On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 01:30:29PM +, Glyn Normington wrote: Hi Li Thanks! Inline... Tejun: Li agrees with our reasoning on the "views" issue, but we'd like your feedback too in preparation for a new patch. I don't really mind as long as it's no

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-14 Thread Tejun Heo
Hey, On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 01:30:29PM +, Glyn Normington wrote: > Hi Li > > Thanks! Inline... > > Tejun: Li agrees with our reasoning on the "views" issue, but we'd > like your feedback too in preparation for a new patch. I don't really mind as long as it's not wrong. Can't be worse than

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-14 Thread Glyn Normington
Hi Li Thanks! Inline... Tejun: Li agrees with our reasoning on the "views" issue, but we'd like your feedback too in preparation for a new patch. Regards, Glyn & Steve On 14/03/2014 01:33, Li Zefan wrote: On 2014/3/14 0:04, Glyn Normington wrote: Hi Tejun Stepping back from the patch for a

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-13 Thread Li Zefan
On 2014/3/14 0:04, Glyn Normington wrote: > Hi Tejun > > Stepping back from the patch for a while, we'd like to explore the issues you > raise. Please bear with us as we try to capture the ideas precisely. > > Continued inline... > > Regards, > Glyn (& Steve Powell, copied) > > On 10/03/2014 1

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-13 Thread Glyn Normington
Hi Tejun Stepping back from the patch for a while, we'd like to explore the issues you raise. Please bear with us as we try to capture the ideas precisely. Continued inline... Regards, Glyn (& Steve Powell, copied) On 10/03/2014 14:20, Tejun Heo wrote: Hey, On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 02:17:21P

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-10 Thread Tejun Heo
Hey, On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 02:17:21PM +, Glyn Normington wrote: > Then we missed how to create a hierarchy with no associated > subsystems. The only way I can think of is to use mount, specify no > subsystems on -o (which defaults to all the subsystems defined in > the kernel), and run it in

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-10 Thread Glyn Normington
Hi Tejun Thanks for your quick reply. Responses inline. Regards, Glyn On 10/03/2014 14:07, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, Glyn. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:39:28AM +, Glyn Normington wrote: Clarify that each hierarchy must be associated with at least one subsystem. Hmmm... but named hierarchies

Re: [PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-10 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Glyn. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:39:28AM +, Glyn Normington wrote: > Clarify that each hierarchy must be associated with at least one > subsystem. Hmmm... but named hierarchies can exist without any controllers attached to them. > Clarify that subsystems may be attached to multiple hi

[PATCH] control groups: documentation improvements

2014-03-10 Thread Glyn Normington
From: Glyn Normington Various clarifications to make the control groups documentation easier to understand, especially for newcomers. Delete the phrase "set of parameters" which obfuscates the definition of cgroup. Crisp up the definition of subsystem. Explain the term "partition". Clarify th