linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 12/12] cpuset: Show descriptive text when reading cpuset.sched.partition

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Message-ID: <55f76a9b-9e6d-0e5f-c07a-c94777555d4e@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:20:08 -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,
        kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com, luto@...capital.net,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>,
        Tom Hromatka <tom.hromatka@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 12/12] cpuset: Show descriptive text when reading
 cpuset.sched.partition

On 10/17/2018 11:08 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 04:29:37PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> Currently, cpuset.sched.partition returns the values, 0, 1 or -1 on
>> read. A person who is not familiar with the partition code may not
>> understand what they mean.
>>
>> In order to make cpuset.sched.partition more user-friendly, it will
>> now display the following descriptive text on read:
>>
>>   "normal" - A normal cpuset, not a partition root
>>   "partition" - A partition root
>>   "partition invalid" - An invalid partition root
>>
>> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> Can you also make this consistent when writing to the file?
>
> Thanks.
>
Yes, sure.

-Longman