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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 2/2] cgroups: add a pids subsystem
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:13:48AM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote:
> I did not necessarily word this very clearly. What I meant is that
> /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max is essentially an external limiting factor that
> caps the total number of pids that can be under the root cgroup and it's
> children, not that the cgroup in any way payed attention to it. It might be
> useful to be able to just disable the sysctl option and set the value
> through the root cgroup, solely or consistency, although such usage isn't
> something I would consider essential in any way.

Unless there's a compelling reason to implement it, I don't think it's
a good idea to add it. The reasons against it have been mentioned a
couple times in the thread and AFAICS none is being refuted.

Thanks.

--
tejun


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