linux-kernel - Re: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm

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Message-ID: <47F86E4F.2080103@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:01:43 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
CC:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Sudhir Kumar <skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, taka@...inux.co.jp,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm_struct (v8)

Paul Menage wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>  >>  It's easier to set it up that way. Usually the end user gets the same SLA for
>>  >>  memory, CPU and other resources, so it makes sense to bind the controllers together.
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  > True - but in that case why wouldn't they have the same SLA for
>>  > virtual address space too?
>>  >
>>
>>  Yes, mostly. That's why I had made the virtual address space patches as a config
>>  option on top of the memory controller :)
>>
> 
> *If* they want to use the virtual address space controller, that is.
> 
> By that argument, you should make the memory and cpu controllers the
> same controller, since in your scenario they'll usually be used
> together..

Heh, Virtual address and memory are more closely interlinked than CPU and Memory.
-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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