On 06/08/20 20:49, Tejun Heo wrote: >> perf and bpf have file descriptors, system calls and data structures of >> their own, here there is simply none: it's just an array of chars. Can >> you explain _why_ it doesn't fit in the cgroupfs? > What's the hierarchical or delegation behavior? If a cgroup does not have an app identifier the driver should use the one from the closes parent that has one. > Why do the vast majority of > people who don't have the hardware or feature need to see it? We can argue > but I can pretty much guarantee that the conclusion is gonna be the same and > it's gonna be a waste of time and energy for both of us. I don't want to argue, I want to understand. My standard is that a maintainer that rejects code explains a plan for integrating with his subsystem and/or points to existing code that does something similar, rather than handwaving it away as something "that I can't remember off the top of my head". Thanks, Paolo
