linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] cgroups: Start a basic rlimit subsystem

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:18:00 -0700
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] cgroups: Start a basic rlimit subsystem

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:
> Agreed about future rlimit options, but building a single purpose
> numtask subsystem looks a bit strange. Just because it looks too much
> single purpose.

Admittedly most subsystems do have more knobs and features, but I
don't think it's unreasonable for a subsystem to provide just a single
feature. In theory the overhead is going to be very low.

Paul
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