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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:42:19 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, maneesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Sudhir Kumar <skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH sched-devel] Generate uevents for user
creation/destruction
* Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Shouldn't that be done via uevents? E.g. UID x gets added to the
> > sysfs tree, generates a uevent and a script then figures out the
> > cpu_share and sets it. That way you also don't need to keep the
> > directories. No?
>
> Heiko,
> Thanks for the hint. Here's a patch to enable generation of
> uevents for user creation/deletion. These uevents can be handled in
> userspace to configure a new user's cpu share.
>
> Note : After bootup I could test that new user's cpu share is
> configured as per a configuration file (/etc/user_cpu_share.conf).
> However this mechanism didnt work for root user. Perhaps uevent for
> root user is generated way too early?
>
> A HOWTO text file is also attached explaining how to make use of these
> uevents in userspace.
>
> Ingo,
> This patch applies on top of latest sched-devel tree. Pls
> review and apply ..
thanks, applied. This looks reassuringly simple and straightforward!
Ingo
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