On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 14:41 -0700, Matt Helsley wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 14:29 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:52 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:11 -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote: > > > > I think it was Joel. His point was that files in configfs was intended > > > > to be used as attr=value type of usage, and data worth of PAGE_SIZE is > > > > good enough for that kind of usage. > > > > > > Is there a real reason that we can't do this at the directory level? > > > > > > Instead of: > > > > > > $ cat /configfs/rg0/tasks > > > 1 2 3 4 > > > > > > This: > > > > > > $ ls /configfs/rg0/tasks/ > > > 1 2 3 4 > > > > > > > It might solve the problem in hand. But, as a user, if i see a file i > > would expect some data in that file. There is no relevant data to be > > displayed here. > > IMHO There's nothing wrong with having empty files. > > If it really disturbs you that much perhaps we could make the file named > <pid> a symlink to /proc/<pid>. >
I do not think configfs supports linking files from other filesystems > > > It might even make some semantic sense for moving tasks between resource > > > groups to use sys_rename(). > > > > > > -- Dave > > Rename does have some significant advantages. It would show up via > inotify for instance. But, it comes with additional coding logic too. If we have a file for each task, then whenever a task enters/exits a resource group we have to call configfs function to create/delete the file, which is unnecessary. In the current implementation, we walk thru the list _only_ when user reads the "members" file. > > Cheers, > -Matt Helsley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > ckrm-tech mailing list > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chandra Seetharaman | Be careful what you choose.... - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | .......you may get it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ ckrm-tech mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech
