Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] gpu: rfc: Proposal for a GPU cgroup controller

[Michal Koutný]

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:16:50AM -0700, "T.J. Mercier" <tjmercier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> However the only names that would result from this series are the
> names of the dma-buf heaps, with "-heap" appended. So they are
> predictable from the /dev/dma_heap/* names, and only the system and
> cma heaps currently exist upstream.

It's not so important with the read-only stats currently posted (a
crafted sysfs file with these names would be an overlikill)...

> 
> For other future uses of this controller I thought we were headed in
> the direction of "standardized" names which would be
> predefined/hardcoded and documented, so these names wouldn't really
> need to be made available to a user at runtime.
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CABdmKX3gTAohaOwkNccGrQyXN9tzT-oEVibO5ZPF+eP+Vq=AOg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

(Ah, I see.)

...but if writers (limits) are envisioned, the keys should represent
something that the user can derive/construct from available info -- e.g.
the documentation.

OK, so I understand current form just presents some statistics.

Michal