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Re: Naming the "Task containers" framework [message #19937 is a reply to message #19927] Wed, 05 September 2007 09:55 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Cedric Le Goater is currently offline  Cedric Le Goater
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Paul Menage wrote:

> At the mini-summit, and at other times, I've heard the repeated
> complaint that having the word "container" in the name of the "task
> container" framework leads to ambiguity. And separately from the
> complaints, I've seen the awkwardness that people end up with when
> they feel they have to distinguish between the "containers" abstract
> concept, and "Paul's containers" ...
> 
> With the hope/prospect of having the framework merged some time after
> the kernel summit, I guess now's a good time to bow to the pressure
> and find some compromise that everyone likes, before we actually hit
> mainline. (Maybe earlier would have been even better, but ...)
> 
> Of the various possible names that have been suggested, there are a
> couple that (to me) stand out as good options:
> 
> - control groups
> - task sets

task controllers ?

C. 

> The former (coined by Eric during a brainstorming session yesterday)
> seems to capture the enforcement aspect of the framework (sysadmin can
> use it to control the behaviour of processes, processes can't escape
> from groups), without suggesting that it can only be used for resource
> controllers (as some alternative names such as "resource groups"
> imply) and would be a choice that I could be happy with.
> 
> Does anyone have strong views on other alternative names (or even the
> idea of keeping "task containers")?
> 
> Paul
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