linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] sched: automated per session task groups

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Date:	Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:04:01 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] sched: automated per session task groups

On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 09:55 -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:

> So IIUC, if a task is in root cgroup, then it would not necessarily be driven
> by cpu.shares of root cgroup (as task could be in its own autogroup). But
> if I move the task into a non-root cgroup, then it will for sure be
> subjected to rules imposed by non-root cgroup cpu.shares. That's not too
> bad.

I think the normal case would be either one or the other being in use at
any given time, but yes, if both are active, that's how it'd work.

	-Mike

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