linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] Containers(V10): Generic Process Containers

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:39:52 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>, menage@...gle.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dev@...ru, xemul@...ru,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Containers(V10): Generic Process Containers

Quoting Paul Jackson (pj@....com):
> > Would it then make sense to just
> > default to (parent_set - sibling_exclusive_set) for a new sibling's
> > value?
> 
> Which could well be empty, which in turn puts one back in the position
> of dealing with a newborn cpuset that is empty (of cpus or of memory),
> or else it introduces a new and odd constraint on when cpusets can be
> created (only when there are non-exclusive cpus and mems available.)
> 
> > An option is fine with me, but without such an option at all, cpusets
> > could not be applied to namespaces...
> 
> I wasn't paying close enough attention to understand why you couldn't
> do it in two steps - make the container, and then populate it with
> resources.

Sorry, please clarify - are you saying that now you do understand, or
that I should explain?

> But if indeed that's not possible, then I guess we need some sort of
> option specifying whether to create kids empty, or inheriting.

Paul (uh, Menage :) should I do a patch for this or have you got it
already?

thanks,
-serge
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