Re: [RFC] cgroups: Resource controller for open files.

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 10:46:59AM -0400, Binder Makin wrote:
> kmem keeps the cgroup from DOSing the machine but then you can get a ENOMEM
> out of some call which is trying to allocate kernel memory.
> People are used to limiting file handles from rlimits and the EMFILE is
> easier for them to debug/fix.

EMFILE instead of ENOMEM seems really thin as the sole rationale for a
whole new controller, doesn't it?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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