On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 05:49:53PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > cgroup is currently in the process of transitioning to using css > (cgroup_subsys_state) as the primary handle instead of cgroup in > subsystem API. For hierarchy iterators, this is beneficial because > > * In most cases, css is the only thing subsystems care about anyway. > > * On the planned unified hierarchy, iterations for different > subsystems will need to skip over different subtrees of the > hierarchy depending on which subsystems are enabled on each cgroup. > Passing around css makes it unnecessary to explicitly specify the > subsystem in question as css is intersection between cgroup and > subsystem > > * For the planned unified hierarchy, css's would need to be created > and destroyed dynamically independent from cgroup hierarchy. Having > cgroup core manage css iteration makes enforcing deref rules a lot > easier. > > Most subsystem conversions are straight-forward. Noteworthy changes > are > > * blkio: cgroup_to_blkcg() is no longer used. Removed. > > * freezer: cgroup_freezer() is no longer used. Removed. > > * devices: cgroup_to_devcgroup() is no longer used. Removed. Acked-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Aristeu _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
