Re: [PATCH 3/3] cgroup: implement cgroup.subtree_populated for the default hierarchy

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Apr 15 2014 - 12:52:40 EST


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:54:50AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 08:57:21AM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> > Is cgroup.tree_populated a better name?
> >
> > cgroup.subtree_control controls child cgroups only, but .subtree_populated
> > shows 1 if there're tasks in the cgroup or its children, so the two
> > are a bit inconsistent to me.
>
> Yes, good catch. subtree_control affects subtree proper.
> subtree_populated covers self too. The difference is subtle and the
> trade off between shared pattern in names and clarifying the subtlety
> didn't seem clear-cut to me. Hmmm....

How about cgroup.populated?

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tejun
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