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    FromBalaji Rao <>
    SubjectRe: [RFC][-mm] [0/2] Basic stats for cgroups V2
    DateTue, 8 Apr 2008 19:19:14 +0530
    On Tuesday 08 April 2008 01:06:17 pm Paul Menage wrote:
    > 
    > One of the important API choices would be whether the stats API was
    > fixed in header files shared with userspace, or whether it would be
    > possible for stats to be added and dynamically discovered/used by
    > userspace without needing fixed header file descriptions.
    > 
    The second idea is much better, I feel.
    
    > The difference would be a bit like the old sysctl API (where each
    > sysctl entry had to be enumerated in a header file) versus the newer
    > /proc/sys approach where numerical values aren't used and userspace
    > can determine which entries are supported at runtime, and even access
    > new previously-unknown entries.
    > 
    
    <snip>
    
    > 
    > Thoughts?
    
    Overall the idea looks good to me.
    
    We are also looking at a generic framework in cgroups that would delegate the 
    job of handling statistics to the cgroup framework itself. This would avoid 
    code duplication across various controllers.
    
    -- 
    regards,
    Balaji Rao
    
    
    
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