From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758883Ab3BKSiy (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:38:54 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:63087 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758777Ab3BKSiw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:38:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:38:48 -0500 From: Aristeu Rozanski To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo , Serge Hallyn Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] devcg: propagate local changes down the hierarchy Message-ID: <20130211183847.GG30962@redhat.com> References: <20130130171101.060853036@napanee.usersys.redhat.com> <20130130171102.390708521@napanee.usersys.redhat.com> <20130131043839.GA14726@mail.hallyn.com> <20130205183646.GT17632@redhat.com> <20130209040402.GA31942@mail.hallyn.com> <20130211143241.GF30962@redhat.com> <20130211174259.GA18179@mail.hallyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130211174259.GA18179@mail.hallyn.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:42:59PM +0000, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Note I said only forbid behavior changes - not exception changes - to > cgroups with children. that won't do much. behavior change is the simplest: if you change a behavior, you wipe the local exceptions unless the special (deny, deny) -> (allow, deny) case. exception propagation is harder getting rid of local settings would buy more simplicity -- Aristeu