cgroup: remove the ns_cgroup

The ns_cgroup is an annoying cgroup at the namespace / cgroup frontier and
leads to some problems:

  * cgroup creation is out-of-control
  * cgroup name can conflict when pids are looping
  * it is not possible to have a single process handling a lot of
    namespaces without falling in a exponential creation time
  * we may want to create a namespace without creating a cgroup

  The ns_cgroup was replaced by a compatibility flag 'clone_children',
  where a newly created cgroup will copy the parent cgroup values.
  The userspace has to manually create a cgroup and add a task to
  the 'tasks' file.

This patch removes the ns_cgroup as suggested in the following thread:

https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2009-June/018616.html

The 'cgroup_clone' function is removed because it is no longer used.

This is a userspace-visible change.  Commit 45531757b45c ("cgroup: notify
ns_cgroup deprecated") (merged into 2.6.27) caused the kernel to emit a
printk warning users that the feature is planned for removal.  Since that
time we have heard from XXX users who were affected by this.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

11 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
index 22fdf2f0cc23..ad15fb10322b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig b/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
index 31d76261a3d5..fbb96ae3122a 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/configs/asb2364_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
index 214208924a9c..04360f9b0109 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 7de13865508c..c9f212b5f3de 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
index 77ec0e7b8ddf..e7583484cc07 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/apsh4ad0a_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
index c41650572d79..8a7dd7b59c5c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
index a468ff227fc6..72c3fad7383f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
index 3f92d37c6374..6bb413036892 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
index 7b3daec6fefe..8bfa4d056d7a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
index 6f9872658dd2..2bf18059fbea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index ee01a9d5d4f0..22a0dc8e51dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
-CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y