Re: [External] : [PATH v3] cgroup: add cgroup_favordynmods= command-line option

From: Kamalesh Babulal
Date: Wed Sep 27 2023 - 07:11:35 EST




On 9/27/23 02:46, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> We have a need of using favordynmods with cgroup v1, which doesn't support
> changing mount flags during remount. Enabling CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS at
> build-time is not an option because we want to be able to selectively
> enable it for certain systems.
>
> This commit addresses this by introducing the cgroup_favordynmods=
> command-line option. This option works for both cgroup v1 and v2 and also
> allows for disabling favorynmods when the kernel built with
> CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS=y.
>
> Also, note that when cgroup_favordynmods=true favordynmods is never
> disabled in cgroup_destroy_root().
>
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks good to me, I have also boot tested it with combinations of
CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS={y, n}, while passing the kernel parameter
cgroup_favordynmods={true, false} to the command line and works as expected.

Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh.babulal@xxxxxxxxxx>