* Ken'ichi Ohmichi <[email protected]> [2009-11-26 09:06:52]:

> 
> Hi Balbir,
> 
> Balbir Singh wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Ken'ichi Ohmichi
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> cg_set_control_value() is the function for setting a value to a file
> >> of cgroup file system. And current function does not handle the error
> >> of writing to a file. So we cannot know whether setting value is
> >> enable or not.
> >>
> >> This patch adds the error handling for knowing it.
> > 
> > The changelog does not document the motivation to move to open() from
> > fopen(). Any particular reason for doing so?
> 
> Sorry for not writing my motivation.
> 
> If an administrator sets an invalid value in /etc/cgconfig.conf,
> current 'cgconfig' service cannot set it but the service does not
> inform him/her of the error.
> I'd like to add the handling against the error to know it.
> 
> 
> For example, cpuset.mems is an invalid value in /etc/cgconfig.conf
> because the system is not multi nodes system, but the service does
> not handle it.
> 
>   # cat /etc/cgconfig.conf
>   mount {
>         cpuset = /mnt/cgroups/cpuset;
>   }
>   group usergroup {
>         cpuset {
>                 cpuset.cpus = 0;
>                 cpuset.mems = 0-100;
>         }
>   }
> 
>   # service cgconfig start
>   Starting cgconfig service:                                 [  OK  ]
>   # cat /mnt/cgroups/cpuset/usergroup/cpuset.mems
> 
>   # cat /mnt/cgroups/cpuset/usergroup/cpuset.cpus
>   0
>   #
> 
> 
> If the patch is applied, the service can handle the error and the
> service fails by an invalid value like the following.
> 
>   # cat /etc/cgconfig.conf
>   mount {
>         cpuset = /mnt/cgroups/cpuset;
>   }
>   group usergroup {
>         cpuset {
>                 cpuset.cpus = 0;
>                 cpuset.mems = 0-100;
>         }
>   }
> 
>   # service cgconfig start
>   Starting cgconfig service: Loading configuration file /etc/cgconfig.conf 
> failed
>   Numerical result out of range
>   Failed to parse /etc/cgconfig.conf                         [FAILED]
>   [r...@localhost libcg]#
>

Thanks and sorry for the delay in responding, I was wondering why
fopen() was changed to open(), fprintf() to write(), etc. 

-- 
        Balbir

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