linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: cgroup v1: remove section about subsystem as a module.

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Message-ID: <56A04FC2.7000205@huawei.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:25:54 +0800
From:	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
To:	Rami Rosen <rami.rosen@...el.com>, <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<tj@...nel.org>, <hannes@...xchg.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: cgroup v1: remove section about subsystem
 as a module.

On 2016/1/14 21:46, Rami Rosen wrote:
> This patch removes the text relating to compiling cgroup as a module,
> since commit  3ed80a62bf95 ("cgroup: drop module support") makes this text not
> relevant anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <rami.rosen@...el.com>

Acked-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt
> index c6256ae..176f95e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt
> @@ -525,11 +525,6 @@ Each subsystem should:
>  - add an entry in linux/cgroup_subsys.h
>  - define a cgroup_subsys object called <name>_subsys
>  
> -If a subsystem can be compiled as a module, it should also have in its
> -module initcall a call to cgroup_load_subsys(), and in its exitcall a
> -call to cgroup_unload_subsys(). It should also set its_subsys.module =
> -THIS_MODULE in its .c file.
> -
>  Each subsystem may export the following methods. The only mandatory
>  methods are css_alloc/free. Any others that are null are presumed to
>  be successful no-ops.
>