linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] Task Containers(V11): Basic task container framework

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:03:49 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"YAMAMOTO Takashi" <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dev@...ru, xemul@...ru,
	serue@...ibm.com, vatsa@...ibm.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	haveblue@...ibm.com, svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, balbir@...ibm.com,
	pj@....com, ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	rohitseth@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Task Containers(V11): Basic task container framework

On 7/26/07, YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp> wrote:
> > +Other fields in the container_subsys object include:
>
> > +- hierarchy: an index indicating which hierarchy, if any, this
> > +  subsystem is currently attached to. If this is -1, then the
> > +  subsystem is not attached to any hierarchy, and all tasks should be
> > +  considered to be members of the subsystem's top_container. It should
> > +  be initialized to -1.
>
> stale info?

Yes, I think so. I really need to do a proper pass over
Documentation/containers.txt one more time following a bunch of recent
changes.

>
> > +struct container {
>
> > +     struct containerfs_root *root;
> > +     struct container *top_container;
> > +};
>
> can cont->top_container be different from than &cont->root.top_container?

No, I guess it can't. And there are only a couple of places using
cont->top_container now, so I should probably remove it.

Thanks,

Paul
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