* Jan Safranek <jsafrane@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-11-05 13:07:28]: > On 11/04/2009 05:44 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > >Balbir Singh wrote: > >>Hi, All, > >> > >>We've been having a discussion as to what would be the right place to > >>mount the cgroup filesystem. Jan has been proactively looking into > >>this. The FHS has no recommendation since cgroup filesystem came in > >>much later. > >> > >>The options are > >> > >>1. /dev/cgroup > >>2. /cgroup > >>3. Some place under /sys > >> > >>The problem with (2) is that it is quite non-standard and pollutes the > >>root directory. (3) requires some basic support to create a directory > >>for cgroup under /sys. (1) seems the most obvious choice since cpusets > >>were mounted under /dev/cpuset, but /dev is controlled by udev. > >> > >>Given the three choices or any other suggestions, is there a general > >>preference as to where we can mount it? The goal is to standardize > >>the mount point (if possible). > >Why the mount point has to be standardized ? > > > > The mount point does not need to be set into stone so everybody > *must* use it. I, as Fedora packager, just need some default place > where to mount it, so applications which need to create/manage > groups work without any (potentially dumb) user assistance. I see no consensus, there are different approaches people like. I wonder if we can create an empty directory under /sys/kernel/cgroup, if so we would have supported the /sys approach. I'll send out a patch to do the same. Of > course, advanced admin can change the settings and move the groups > anywhere, applications still need to parse /proc/mounts or use > appropriate library like libcgroup. Agreed. -- Balbir _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
