linux-kernel - Re: Attaching PID 0 to a cgroup

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Message-Id: <20080701135409.5e68ccd8.pj@sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:54:09 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, menage@...gle.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, balbir@...ibm.com,
	skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: Attaching PID 0 to a cgroup

> But it's better to document this.

Good idea.

Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@....com>

You (Li Zefan) might want to resend this as a patch, in case Andrew
doesn't happen to see this embedded here.

Something like the following:

  Subject: [PATCH] cgroup: document zero pid means current task

  From: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>

  Document that a pid of zero(0) can be used to refer to the
  current task when attaching a task to a cgroup, as in the
  following usage:
  
    # echo 0 > /dev/cgroup/tasks

  This is consistent with existing cpuset behavior.

  Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
  Acked-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
  Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@....com>

  ---
   cgroups.txt |    4 ++++
   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

  diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups.txt
  index 824fc02..213f533 100644
  --- a/Documentation/cgroups.txt
  +++ b/Documentation/cgroups.txt
  @@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ If you have several tasks to attach, you have to do it one after another:
 	  ...
   # /bin/echo PIDn > tasks

  +You can attach the current task by echoing 0:
  +
  +# /bin/echo 0 > tasks
  +
   3. Kernel API
   =============


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