Re: [PATCH 0/4] cgroup/cpuset: Allow cpuset to bound displayed cpu info

Tejun Heo
2021-06-14T20:44:42Z

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:23:02AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> The current container management system is able to create the illusion
> that applications running within a container have limited resources and
> devices available for their use. However, one thing that is hard to hide
> is the number of CPUs available in the system. In fact, the container
> developers are asking for the kernel to provide such capability.
>
> There are two places where cpu information are available for the
> applications to see - /proc/cpuinfo and /sys/devices/system/cpu sysfs
> directory.
>
> This patchset introduces a new sysctl parameter cpuset_bound_cpuinfo
> which, when set, will limit the amount of information disclosed by
> /proc/cpuinfo and /sys/devices/system/cpu.

The goal of cgroup has never been masquerading system information so that
applications can pretend that they own the whole system and the proposed
solution requires application changes anyway. The information being provided
is useful but please do so within the usual cgroup interface - e.g.
cpuset.stat. The applications (or libraries) that want to determine its
confined CPU availability can locate the file through /proc/self/cgroup.

Thanks.

--
tejun