linux-kernel - Re: [ckrm-tech] [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction

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Date:	Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:42:22 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>
Cc:	sekharan@...ibm.com, npiggin@...e.de,
	ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rohitseth@...gle.com, devel@...nvz.org, clameter@....com
Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction

On 9/20/06, Paul Jackson <pj@....com> wrote:
> Chandra wrote:
> > AFAICS, That doesn't help me in over committing resources.
>
> I agree - I don't think cpusets plus fake numa ... handles over commit.
> You might could hack up a cheap substitute, but it wouldn't do the job.

I have some patches locally that basically let you give out a small
set of nodes initially to a cpuset, and if memory pressure in
try_to_free_pages() passes a specified threshold, automatically
allocate one of the parent cpuset's unused memory nodes to the child
cpuset, up to specified limit. It's a bit ugly, but lets you trade of
performance vs memory footprint on a per-job basis (when combined with
fake numa to give lots of small nodes).

Paul
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