cgroups.7: Add some rationale for the existence of the "domain invalid" cgroup type

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2018-01-10 05:34:54 +01:00
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@ -1167,6 +1167,14 @@ cgroup by writing the string
to the to the
.I cgroup.type .I cgroup.type
file. file.
.IP
The rationale for the existence of this "interim" type
during the creation of a threaded subtree
(rather than the kernel simply immediately converting all cgroups
under the threaded root to the type
.IR threaded )
is to allow for
possible future extensions to the thread mode model
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.SS Threaded versus domain controllers .SS Threaded versus domain controllers
With the addition of threads mode, With the addition of threads mode,