On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:26:06 -0500 Ben Blum <bblum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:04:14PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:10:50 -0500 > > Ben Blum <bblum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > This patch series implements support for building, loading, and > > > unloading subsystems as modules, both within and outside the kernel > > > source tree. It provides an interface cgroup_load_subsys() and > > > cgroup_unload_subsys() which modular subsystems can use to register and > > > depart during runtime. The net_cls classifier subsystem serves as the > > > example for a subsystem which can be converted into a module using these > > > changes. > > > > What is the value in this? What are the usage scenarios? Why does the > > benefit of this change exceed the cost/risk/etc of merging it? > > As discussed in the first posting of these patches, this provides the > ability for arbitrary subsystems to be used with cgroups.. cls_cgroup > would have already been a module except for a lack of support from > cgroups, and the change also allows other module-loadable classifiers > to add subsystems of their own. Hmm, do you have your own module in plan ? Thanks, -Kame _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
