Hello list,

BOINC is behaving strangely, and following a clue it gives me I look in /etc/ rc.conf and find this:

# This switch controls whether or not cgroups version 1 controllers are
# individually mounted under
# /sys/fs/cgroup in hybrid or legacy mode.
#rc_controller_cgroups="YES"

So, whether or not A or B. How do I translate that into English? Surely it
must be either 'whether or not" or "whether A or B", no? And which of those does YES denote? Or perhaps "in hybrid or legacy mode" should just be omitted.

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Regards,
Confused of Tideswell.

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Hi,

# This switch controls whether or not cgroups version 1 controllers are
# individually mounted under
# /sys/fs/cgroup in hybrid or legacy mode.
#rc_controller_cgroups="YES"

So, whether or not A or B. How do I translate that into English?

Gentoo has three cgroups mode: legacy, hybrid and unified. cgroups v1 are created in legacy and hybrid modes, cgroups v2 are created in hybrid and unified modes.

So the question here is, when cgroups v1 are created, i.e. in hybrid or legacy mode, do you want, yes or no, controllers to be individually mounted under /sys/fs/cgroup?

This parameter has no effect when you are in unified mode, because there
are no cgroups v1 in this mode, so it makes sense to specify it applies only “in hybrid or legacy mode”.

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On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 12:08:18 BST Hoël Bézier wrote:

Hi,

# This switch controls whether or not cgroups version 1 controllers are
# individually mounted under
# /sys/fs/cgroup in hybrid or legacy mode.
#rc_controller_cgroups="YES"

So, whether or not A or B. How do I translate that into English?

Gentoo has three cgroups mode: legacy, hybrid and unified. cgroups v1 are created in legacy and hybrid modes, cgroups v2 are created in hybrid and unified modes.

So the question here is, when cgroups v1 are created, i.e. in hybrid or legacy mode, do you want, yes or no, controllers to be individually mounted under /sys/fs/cgroup?

This parameter has no effect when you are in unified mode, because there
are no cgroups v1 in this mode, so it makes sense to specify it applies only “in hybrid or legacy mode”.

It helps to have done something else for 24 hours, and come back to read it again. I think I understand it now, but it could have been written so much better.

Actually, I think a bit more structure in the whole file would be a good idea: where does one section end and the next begin, for instance?

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Regards,
Peter.

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