linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] cgroup: Use CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to allow a process to migrate other tasks between cgroups

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:06:56 -0700
From:   John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:     "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Rom Lemarchand <romlem@...roid.com>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@...gle.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Christian Poetzsch <christian.potzsch@...tec.com>,
        Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@...aro.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] cgroup: Use CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to allow a process
 to migrate other tasks between cgroups

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
<mtk.manpages@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On 10/21/2016 03:24 AM, John Stultz wrote:
>> This patch adds logic to allows a process to migrate other tasks
>> between cgroups if they have CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
>
> This appears to be a patch against your previous patch,
> rather than against mainline. Was that intended?

Heh. Definitely not. Apologies. I thought I had folded things down
(and the real patch is a similar looking one-liner).

I'll re-send the proper patch on monday. :)

thanks
-john