Re: sched-idle and disk-priorities for 2.6.X

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > > Is there effective way to limit RSS?
> > > 
> > > Want me to port the RSS stuff from 2.4-rmap to 2.6 ?
> > 
> > Well, if it allows me to limit memory for one task so that it does not
> > make system unusable... yes, that would be great.
> 
> Here it is.  Untested, except for whether it compiles cleanly ;)
> 
> Let me know how it works, if the enforcement is aggressive
> enough or not, whether I need to tweak things etc...

It boots, and seems to have no ill effects. I've yet to see some good
effects, too...

doing 

ulimit -m 1
<some task>

should make that task run with extremely low priority, right?

								Pavel

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