Re: [RFC][PATCH] O(1) Entitlement Based Scheduler

[Shailabh Nagar]

Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Peter Williams wrote:
>
>
> > Another idea that we are playing with for handling programs like xmms 
> > (i.e. programs that require gauranteed CPU bandwidth to perform well) is 
> > the complement of caps namely per task CPU reservations.
>
>
> > Of course, this won't solve the "need to be root" problem as this is 
> > obviously the sort of control that should be reserved for root
>
>
> Not necessarily.  We've just fixed this dilemma in the CKRM
> project, using a resource class filesystem for this kind of
> stuff.
>
> A user could have a certain percentage of the CPU guaranteed
> (especially the console user) and carve out part of his/her
> guarantee for multimedia applications.
>
> Please see the attached document, which is the 6th draft of
> this particular CKRM design.  If you have any improvements
> for this spec, feel free to let us know ;)


The CKRM API has also been posted separately as an RFC on lkml
today...just in case its missed deep down in this thread !



-- Shailabh






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