Re: [RFC] CPU hard limits

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Fri Jun 05 2009 - 10:46:13 EST


Dhaval Giani wrote:

> Shares cannot be used to provide guarantees. All they decide is what
> propotion groups can get CPU time. (yes, shares is a bad name, weight
> shows the intent better).

If I (as the administrator of the system) arbitrarily decide that all
the shares/weights must add up to 100, they magically become percentage
guarantees.

Chris
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