linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig

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Message-Id: <20080221154916.723fed49.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:49:16 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory
 controller in Kconfig

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:45:13 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> > But for computers, limits is an expected and understood term, and for
> > filesystems it's quotas.  So in this case, I *still* think you should
> > be using the term "Memory Quota Controller" instead.  It just makes it
> > clearer to a larger audience what you mean.
> > 
> 
> Memory Quota sounds very confusing to me. Usually a quota implies limits, but in
> a true framework, one can also implement guarantees and shares.
> 
This "cgroup memory contoller" is called as "Memory Resource Contoller"
in my office ;)

How about Memory Resouce Contoller ?


-Kame

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