Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] cgroups: add a pids subsystem

Aleksa Sarai
2015-03-10T08:10:46Z

Hi Austin,

>> Does pids limit make sense in the root cgroup?
>>
> I would say it kind of does, although I would just expect it to track
> /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max (either as a read-only value, or as an alternative
> way to set it).

Personally, that seems unintuitive. /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max and the pids
cgroup controller are orthogonal features, why should they be able to affect
each other (or even be aware of each other)?

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Aleksa Sarai (cyphar)