linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 08/17] cgroup: Move debug cgroup to its own file

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 16:28:09 -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 08/17] cgroup: Move debug cgroup to its own file

Hello,

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 03:33:14PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 05/19/2017 03:21 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Yeah but it also shows up as an integral part of stable interface
> > rather than e.g. /sys/kernel/debug.  This isn't of any interest to
> > people who aren't developing cgroup core code.  There is no reason to
> > risk growing dependencies on it.
> 
> The debug controller is used to show information relevant to the cgroup
> its css'es are attached to. So it will be very hard to use if we
> relocate to /sys/kernel/debug, for example. Currently, nothing in the
> debug controller other than debug_cgrp_subsys are exported. I don't see
> any risk of having dependency on that controller from other parts of the
> kernel.

Oh, sure, I wasn't suggesting moving it under /sys/kernel/debug but
that we'd want to take extra precautions as we can't.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun