Re: [PATCH 3/7] proc: Introduce the Children: line in /proc/<pid>/status

[Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>]

On 07/23/2011 12:50 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:45:02PM +0400, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
>> OK I see. Then my answer is - typically a container looks like an
>> init task with everybody else growing from that point. Having a
>> machine with 1000 of containers building the whole /proc tree in
>> memory to dump a single container would be MUCH more expensive that
>> having this small like in proc.
> 
> This isn't a major point, so let's leave it alone for now.  If it's
> necessary, adding it isn't a big deal; however, I think it would
> probably be better solved by per-ns procfs.  If walking /proc becomes
> a huge overhead, CR wouldn't be the only one suffering and it calls
> for a better solution.

OK.

> Thanks.
>