linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] sched: rt-group: interface

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Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:36:59 -0800
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Peter Zijlstra" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tong.n.li@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] sched: rt-group: interface

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
>
>  > In that case I guess I'll have to add signed versions of the
>  > read_uint/write_uint methods.
>
>  Yes, I looked at that, I found the interface somewhat unfortunate, it
>  would mean growing the struct with two more function pointers.

Is that really a big deal? We're talking about a structure that has a
small number (<10 in the current tree) of instances per cgroup
subsystem.

> Perhaps a
>  read and write function with abstract data would be better suited. That
>  would allow for this and more. Sadly it looses type information.

If the size of the struct cftype really became a problem, I think the
cleanest way to fix it would be to have a union of the potential
function pointers, and add a field to specify which one is in use.

Paul
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