linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add cgroup support for enabling controllers at boot time (v2)

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Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2008 01:04:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Sudhir Kumar <skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>, lizf@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, taka@...inux.co.jp,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add cgroup support for enabling controllers at boot time
 (v2)

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Balbir Singh wrote:

> diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~cgroup_disable Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> --- linux-2.6.25-rc4/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~cgroup_disable	2008-03-07 14:26:16.000000000 +0530
> +++ linux-2.6.25-rc4-balbir/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2008-03-07 14:26:16.000000000 +0530
> @@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
>  	ccw_timeout_log [S390]
>  			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
>  
> +	cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
> +			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
> +				{Currently supported controllers - "memory"}
> +
>  	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
>  			Format: { "0" | "1" }
>  			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.

It would probably be helpful to mention in the documentation that the 
names of the subsystems must now be delimited by commas.

 [ I also find it very helpful to add randy.dunlap@...cle.com to the cc
   list for any patch touching Documentation ]
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