Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] cgroup notifications API and memory thresholds

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Sat Dec 26 2009 - 08:36:05 EST


* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-12-26 02:30:56]:

> This patchset introduces eventfd-based API for notifications in cgroups and
> implements memory notifications on top of it.
>
> It uses statistics in memory controler to track memory usage.
>
> Output of time(1) on building kernel on tmpfs:
>
> Root cgroup before changes:
> make -j2 506.37 user 60.93s system 193% cpu 4:52.77 total
> Non-root cgroup before changes:
> make -j2 507.14 user 62.66s system 193% cpu 4:54.74 total
> Root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds):
> make -j2 507.13 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.55 total
> Non-root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds):
> make -j2 507.70 user 64.20s system 193% cpu 4:55.70 total
> Root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed):
> make -j2 506.97 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.90 total
> Non-root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed):
> make -j2 507.55 user 64.08s system 193% cpu 4:55.63 total
>
> Any comments?

Could you please add some documentation for end users. I've just
compiled a kernel with your changes for test. Also, is there a reason
not to use cgroupstats?

--
Balbir
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