linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: Add generation number with cgroup id

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Message-ID: <CAM9d7cgY4_V1bj7ppVT-vutCob=rX+e90pjHE7-MMwBWsKp2_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:40:31 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Song Liu <liu.song.a23@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: Add generation number with cgroup id

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:06 PM Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> Sure, but I think we should get the userland visible behaviors right.
> Ignoring implementation details:
>
> * cgroup vs. css IDs doesn't matter for now.  css IDs aren't visible
>   to userland anyway and it could be that keeping using idr as-is or
>   always using 64bit IDs is the better solution for them.

Yes, it can be done easily IMHO.

>
> * On 32bit ino setups, 32bit ino + gen as cgroup and export fs IDs.

This is the current behavior, right?

>
> * On 64bit ino setups, 64bit unique ino (allocated whichever way) + 0
>   gen as cgroup and export fs IDs.

Hmm.. we still need gen for 64bit?  Do you want 12-byte export fs ID?

Thanks
Namhyung