linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] containers (V7): Cpusets hooked into containers

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:49:04 -0800
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, pj@....com, sekharan@...ibm.com, dev@...ru,
	xemul@...ru, vatsa@...ibm.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rohitseth@...gle.com, mbligh@...gle.com, winget@...gle.com,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] containers (V7): Cpusets hooked into containers

On 2/15/07, Serge E. Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> >  config CONTAINERS
> > -     bool "Container support"
> > -     help
> > -       This option will let you create and manage process containers,
> > -       which can be used to aggregate multiple processes, e.g. for
> > -       the purposes of resource tracking.
> > -
> > -       Say N if unsure
> > +     bool
>
> Hi,
>
> why did you do this?
>

Containers on their own aren't all that useful, other than for process
tracking, so it seemed reasonable to only build containers if there
was some subsystem using them. If people wanted to use them for
process tracking alone, it could certainly be made an
individually-selectable option.

Paul
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