linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] freezer_cg: disable writing freezer.state of root cgroup

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Message-ID: <6599ad830811032356g6827a97dq41dec492fed8de15@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2008 23:56:13 -0800
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] freezer_cg: disable writing freezer.state of root 
	cgroup

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> With this change, the root cgroup is unfreezable, and writing to
> its freezer.state returns -EIO.

EINVAL might be more consistent with other systems like cpusets.

Or maybe just skip populating the file entirely for the root cgroup?
It's not useful if it can't be written and always returns the same
value.

Paul
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