Re: Summary of resource management discussion

[Paul Menage]

On 3/12/07, Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         - (subjective!) If there is a existing grouping mechanism already (say
>           tsk->nsproxy[->pid_ns]) over which res control needs to be applied,
>           then the new grouping mechanism can be considered redundant (it can
>           eat up unnecessary space in task_struct)

If there really was a grouping that was always guaranteed to match the
way you wanted to group tasks for e.g. resource control, then yes, it
would be great to use it. But I don't see an obvious candidate. The
pid namespace is not it, IMO. Resource control (and other kinds of
task grouping behaviour) shouldn't require virtualization.

> a. Paul Menage's patches:
>
>         (tsk->containers->container[cpu_ctlr.subsys_id] - X)->cpu_limit

Additionally, if we allow mature container subsystems to have an id
declared in a global enum, then we can make the cpu_ctlr.subsys_id
into a constant.

> b. rcfs
>         tsk->nsproxy->ctlr_data[cpu_ctlr.subsys_id]->cpu_limit

So what's the '-X' that you're referring to

> 3. How are cpusets related to vserver/containers?
>
>         Should it be possible to, lets say, create exclusive cpusets and
>         attach containers to different cpusets?

Sounds reasonable.

> 6. As tasks move around namespaces/resource-classes, their
>    tsk->nsproxy/containers object will change. Do we simple create
>    a new nsproxy/containers object or optimize storage by searching
>    for one which matches the task's new requirements?

I think the latter.

>                 - If we don't support hierarchy in res controllers today
>                   but were to add that support later, then
>                   user-interface shouldn't change. That's why
>                   designining -atleast- the user interface to support
>                   hierarchy may make sense

Right - having support for a hierarchy in the API doesn't mean that
individual controllers have to support being in a hierarchy.

Paul
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