linux-kernel - Re: [0/1] [patch -mm] Add containerstats (v3)

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:09:55 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Balbir Singh" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Linux Containers" <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Pavel Emelianov" <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [0/1] [patch -mm] Add containerstats (v3)

On 6/8/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:43:46 +0530
> Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > This patch implements per container statistics infrastructure and re-uses
> > code from the taskstats interface.
>
> boggle.
>
> Symbol: CONTAINERS [=y]
>   Selected by: CONTAINER_DEBUG || CPUSETS && SMP || CONTAINER_CPUACCT
>
> Paul, that's just bizarre.  How come it was done this way?

Containers on their own without any subsystems aren't hugely useful.
So the plan was that any container subsystem would "select CONTAINERS"
to cause the container framework to be built. I'm happy to change it
to invert the dependencies if you'd prefer.

Paul
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