From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de>, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, roland@hack.frob.com Subject: Re: + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision .patch added to -mm tree Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:48:31 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1313714913.29251.7.camel@mop> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyFnMRMuWSSpytwvpk9u5YysMRfTRELyhGX9grWbGyi6Q@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 15:22 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote: > > > > It will be used for all new service managers. UNIX is a pain if you want > > to watch your children regarding double-forking, if you are not init. > > I'll believe that "all new service managers" when I see it. Until > then, a new feature is just that - a new feature. Which nobody uses. That feature will be used in Fedora 17 if we get that properly working. Promised! So far we have a pretty good track record in immediately using the stuff we add to the kernel. People working on the other side usually complain that we always require such new kernels. :) > > If you want, we can make the forked processes inherit a flag if the > > 'subreaper' should be looked up at all. Then we have almost zero > > overhead if the feature isn't used. You think that's needed? > > Yes, I do. Because with any current system, that "almost zero > overhead" is just totally wasted effort entirely for zero gain. Which > just makes me go "Eww". Yeah, understood. I'll change it with the next round, and we can see how to go from there. Thanks, Kay
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From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers-tD+1rO4QERM@public.gmane.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, Lennart Poettering <mzxreary-uLTowLwuiw4b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, roland-/Z5OmTQCD9xF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org Subject: Re: + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision .patch added to -mm tree Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:48:31 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1313714913.29251.7.camel@mop> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyFnMRMuWSSpytwvpk9u5YysMRfTRELyhGX9grWbGyi6Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 15:22 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers-tD+1rO4QERM@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > It will be used for all new service managers. UNIX is a pain if you want > > to watch your children regarding double-forking, if you are not init. > > I'll believe that "all new service managers" when I see it. Until > then, a new feature is just that - a new feature. Which nobody uses. That feature will be used in Fedora 17 if we get that properly working. Promised! So far we have a pretty good track record in immediately using the stuff we add to the kernel. People working on the other side usually complain that we always require such new kernels. :) > > If you want, we can make the forked processes inherit a flag if the > > 'subreaper' should be looked up at all. Then we have almost zero > > overhead if the feature isn't used. You think that's needed? > > Yes, I do. Because with any current system, that "almost zero > overhead" is just totally wasted effort entirely for zero gain. Which > just makes me go "Eww". Yeah, understood. I'll change it with the next round, and we can see how to go from there. Thanks, Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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