From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758567Ab3BKTC5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:02:57 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:4825 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758187Ab3BKTCz (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:02:55 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:02:51 -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: <20130211190251.GH30962@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> <20130211183847.GG30962@redhat.com> <20130211185239.GA18779@mail.hallyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130211185239.GA18779@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 06:52:39PM +0000, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > getting rid of local settings would buy more simplicity > > (Not sure which you mean here by 'getting rid of local settings') no local.{behavior,exceptions}, which still would allow behavior propagation, but simply wouldn't keep local behavior or exceptions. a change in behavior on parent would simply reset the child to parent's state. exception propagation would mean inserting/removing the new exception and making sure the others are still valid. -- Aristeu