linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 08/17] cgroup: Move debug cgroup to its own file

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 11:29:10 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com,
        luto@...capital.net, efault@....de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 08/17] cgroup: Move debug cgroup to its own file

On 05/17/2017 05:36 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Waiman.
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 09:34:07AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> The debug cgroup currently resides within cgroup-v1.c and is enabled
>> only for v1 cgroup. To enable the debug cgroup also for v2, it
>> makes sense to put the code into its own file as it will no longer
>> be v1 specific. The only change in this patch is the expansion of
>> cgroup_task_count() within the debug_taskcount_read() function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> I don't mind enabling the debug controller for v2 but let's please
> hide it behind an unwieldy boot param / controller name so that it's
> clear that its interface isn't expected to be stable.
>
> Thanks.
>
The controller name is "debug". So it is pretty obvious what it is for.
However, the config prompt of "Example controller" is indeed a bit
vague. So I think we can make the prompt more descriptive here. As for
boot param, are you saying something like "cgroup_debug" has to be
specified in the command line also to have this controller activated
even if the CGROUP_DEBUG config parameter is specified? I am fine with
that if you think it is necessary.

Regards,
Longman