linux-kernel - Re: [ckrm-tech] [RFC] Resource Management

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Date:	Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:18:05 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	vatsa@...ibm.com
CC:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>, dev@...nvz.org,
	sekharan@...ibm.com, ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	balbir@...ibm.com, haveblue@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pj@....com, matthltc@...ibm.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, rohitseth@...gle.com, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [RFC] Resource Management - Infrastructure choices

Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:

>>>        - Support limit (soft and/or hard depending on the resource
>>>          type) in controllers. Guarantee feature could be indirectly
>>>          met thr limits.

I just thought I'd weigh in on this.  As far as our usage pattern is 
concerned, guarantees cannot be met via limits.

I want to give "x" cpu to container X, "y" cpu to container Y, and "z" 
cpu to container Z.

If these are percentages, x+y+z must be less than 100.

However, if Y does not use its share of the cpu, I would like the 
leftover cpu time to be made available to X and Z, in a ratio based on 
their allocated weights.

With limits, I don't see how I can get the ability for containers to 
make opportunistic use of cpu that becomes available.

I can see that with things like memory this could become tricky (How do 
you free up memory that was allocated to X when Y decides that it really 
wants it after all?) but for CPU I think it's a valid scenario.

Chris
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