linux-kernel - Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v4) (added user memory)

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Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:24:25 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
To:	vatsa@...ibm.com, sekharan@...ibm.com
CC:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	CKRM-Tech <ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrey Savochkin <saw@...ru>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...l.ru>,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v4) (added user
 memory)

Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 11:02:06AM +0400, Pavel Emelianov wrote:
>   
>> Sure. At the beginning I have one task with one BC. Then
>> 1. A thread is spawned and new BC is created;
>>     
>
> Why do we have to create a BC for every new thread? A new BC is needed
> for every new service level instead IMO. And typically there wont be
> unlimited service levels.
>   
That's the scenario we started from - each domain is served in a separate
BC with *threaded* Apache.
>   
>> 2. New thread touches a new page (e.g. maps a new file) which is charged
>> to new BC
>>     (and this means that this BC's must stay in memory till page is
>> uncharged);
>> 3. Thread exits after serving the request, but since it's mm is shared
>> with parent
>>     all the touched pages stay resident and, thus, the new BC is still
>> pinned in memory.
>> Steps 1-3 are done multiple times for new pages (new files).
>> Remember that we're discussing the case when pages are not recharged.
>>     
>
>
>   

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