linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes

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Message-Id: <201601120145.GED26525.OQVSHJFtFOFLOM@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:45:22 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	socketpair@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> OK that works for me. Do you have an opinion regarding my other proposal of
> soft vs hard limit ?

No.

Maybe further restriction should be controlled by kmem cgroup...