Re: [RFC PATCH v2 11/17] cgroup: Implement new thread mode semantics

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 05:17:13PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> An alternative is to have separate enabling for thread root. For example,
> 
> # echo root > cgroup.threads
> # echo enable > child/cgroup.threads
> 
> The first statement make the current cgroup the thread root. However,
> setting it to a thread root doesn't make its child to be threaded. This
> have to be explicitly done on each of the children. Once a child cgroup
> is made to be threaded, all its descendants will be threaded. That will
> have the same effect as the current patch.

Yeah, I'm toying with different ideas.  I'll get back to you once
things get more concrete.

> With delegation, do you mean the relationship between a container and
> its host?

It can be but doesn't have to be.  For example, it can be delegations
to users without namespace / container being involved.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun