linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 10/17] cgroup: Make debug cgroup support v2 and thread mode

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 17:43:38 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com,
        luto@...capital.net, efault@....de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 10/17] cgroup: Make debug cgroup support v2 and
 thread mode

Hello,

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 09:34:09AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Besides supporting cgroup v2 and thread mode, the following changes
> are also made:
>  1) current_* cgroup files now resides only at the root as we don't
>     need duplicated files of the same function all over the cgroup
>     hierarchy.
>  2) The cgroup_css_links_read() function is modified to report
>     the number of tasks that are skipped because of overflow.
>  3) The relationship between proc_cset and threaded_csets are displayed.
>  4) The number of extra unaccounted references are displayed.
>  5) The status of being a thread root or threaded cgroup is displayed.
>  6) The current_css_set_read() function now prints out the addresses of
>     the css'es associated with the current css_set.
>  7) A new cgroup_subsys_states file is added to display the css objects
>     associated with a cgroup.
>  8) A new cgroup_masks file is added to display the various controller
>     bit masks in the cgroup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>

As noted before, please make it clear that this is a debug feature and
not expected to be stable.  Also, I don't see why this and the
previous two patches are in this series.  Can you please split these
out to a separate patchset?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun