netdev - Re: [PATCH] per-cgroup tcp buffer limitation

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Date:	Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:08:08 -0700
From:	Paul Menage <paul@...lmenage.org>
To:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xemul@...allels.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hiroyouki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] per-cgroup tcp buffer limitation

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com> wrote:
> This patch introduces per-cgroup tcp buffers limitation. This allows
> sysadmins to specify a maximum amount of kernel memory that
> tcp connections can use at any point in time. TCP is the main interest
> in this work, but extending it to other protocols would be easy.

The general idea of limiting total socket buffer memory consumed by a
cgroup is a fine idea, but I think it needs to be integrated more
closely with the existing kernel memory cgroup tracking efforts,
especially if you're trying to use as generic a name as "kmem" for it.

I agree with Kamezawa's comments that you need a lot more documentation.

Paul
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