linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup: support checking of subsystem dependencies

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Message-ID: <4859AAF8.9060909@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:40:24 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"containers@...ts.osdl.org" <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup: support checking of subsystem dependencies

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:01:49 +0800
> Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
>> This allows one subsystem to require that it only be mounted when some
>> other subsystems are also present in the proposed hierarchy.
>>
>> For example if subsystem foo depends on bar, the following will fail:
>>  # mount -t cgroup -ofoo xxx /dev/cgroup
>>
>> You should mount with both subsystems:
>>  # mount -t cgroup -ofoo,bar xxx /dev/cgroup
>>
> I'm just curious. May I ask "Is there such cgroup subsystem now ?"
> 

Currently no, but people who are developing or wants to develop new subsystems
may find this useful, for example Daisuke Nishimura-san's swap controller.

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