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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/ns_cgroup.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d2af87ba96e..f3da8c0a3af 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -526,6 +526,23 @@ Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> ---------------------------- +What: namespace cgroup (ns_cgroup) +When: 2.6.38 +Why: The ns_cgroup leads to some problems: + * cgroup creation is out-of-control + * cgroup name can conflict when pids are looping + * it is not possible to have a single process handling + a lot of namespaces without falling in a exponential creation time + * we may want to create a namespace without creating a cgroup + + The ns_cgroup is replaced by a compatibility flag 'clone_children', + where a newly created cgroup will copy the parent cgroup values. + The userspace has to manually create a cgroup and add a task to + the 'tasks' file. +Who: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> + +---------------------------- + What: iwlwifi disable_hw_scan module parameters When: 2.6.40 Why: Hareware scan is the prefer method for iwlwifi devices for diff --git a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c b/kernel/ns_cgroup.c index 2a5dfec8efe..2c98ad94ba0 100644 --- a/kernel/ns_cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/ns_cgroup.c @@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *ns_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, return ERR_PTR(-EPERM); if (!cgroup_is_descendant(cgroup, current)) return ERR_PTR(-EPERM); + if (test_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgroup->flags)) { + printk("ns_cgroup can't be created with parent " + "'clone_children' set.\n"); + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + } + + printk_once("ns_cgroup deprecated: consider using the " + "'clone_children' flag without the ns_cgroup.\n"); ns_cgroup = kzalloc(sizeof(*ns_cgroup), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ns_cgroup) |