linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH cgroup/for-4.21 1/2] cpuset: Minor cgroup2 interface updates

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:46:24 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH cgroup/for-4.21 1/2] cpuset: Minor cgroup2 interface
 updates

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:13:39PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> From b1e3aeb11c5e86ee0988a038c4e7682d6beaa977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:03:33 -0800
> 
> * Rename the partition file from "cpuset.sched.partition" to
>   "cpuset.cpus.partition".
> 
> * When writing to the partition file, drop "0" and "1" and only accept
>   "member" and "root".

Why though? The Changelog doesn't give rationale for the actual changes.

And I'm not sure I agree with either one of them.

The partition is a scheduling feature; and I like 0/1 much better to
type, so why not allow that?