linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] Have sane default values for cpusets

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimoTCcDgb9rn7GBhV8PfeOwDNU74GF732inhuSU@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 13:57:14 +0200
From:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
	James Kosin <jkosin@...comgrp.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, menage@...gle.com,
	jsafrane@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Have sane default values for cpusets

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 13:42 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
>
>> Heh! agreed, but we are a small population and moreover a large
>> population would benefit from systemd and parallel boot.
>
> CONFIG_CGROUP=y isn't a requirement for parallel boot. People have been
> doing that for years without it.
>
> And I'm not against systemd using cgroups per-se, I'm against it
> mandating it. It could simply not use them and not provide whatever it
> needs them for when not present.
>
> CONFIG_CGROUP is an option, so people can say no.
>

I think that is reasonable. There should be a fallback for folks who
want to run their own kernel (though I cannot imagine why they would
want to turn off cgroups ;-) ).

Thanks!
Dhaval
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