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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/15] sched/core: uclamp: Extend CPU's cgroup
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:48:17 -0800
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Hello,

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 10:05:50AM +0000, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> a) are available only for non-root nodes, both on default and legacy
>    hierarchies, while system wide clamps are defined by a generic
>    interface which does not depends on cgroups
> 
> b) do not enforce any constraints and/or dependencies between the parent
>    and its child nodes, thus relying:
>    - on permission settings defined by the system management software,
>      to define if subgroups can configure their clamp values
>    - on the delegation model, to ensure that effective clamps are
>      updated to consider both subgroup requests and parent group
>      constraints

I'm not sure about this hierarchical behavior.

> c) have higher priority than task-specific clamps, defined via
>    sched_setattr(), thus allowing to control and restrict task requests

and I have some other concerns about the interface, but let's discuss
them once the !cgroup portion is settled.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun