Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] cgroup map files: Add a key/value map file type to cgroups | | Date | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:48:09 +0900 (JST) | | From | (YAMAMOTO Takashi) |
> These patches add a new cgroup control file output type - a map from
> strings to u64 values - and make use of it for the memory controller
> "stat" file.
>
> It is intended for use when the subsystem wants to return a collection
> of values that are related in some way, for which a separate control
> file for each value would make the reporting unwieldy.
>
> The advantages of this are:
>
> - more standardized output from control files that report
> similarly-structured data
>
> - less boilerplate required in cgroup subsystems
>
> - simplifies transition to a future efficient cgroups binary API
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
it changes the format from "%s %lld" to "%s: %llu", right?
why?
YAMAMOTO Takashi
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