Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:29:37 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: sched-idle and disk-priorities for 2.6.X |
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Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > >> A better bet would be a patch that allowed you to set the maximum RSS >> size for >> the process so it can basically thrash itself while leaving enough >> memory for >> everybody else (and yes, I *know* how this can be self-defeating if the >> thrashing app then increases the total I/O consumed to be higher than >> the I/O >> bandwidth available - the point is that it's probably the high RSS >> value for >> his application causing OTHER things to thrash that's the root cause >> of his >> performance problem). > > > Or you could use "ulimit -m" to set the RSS, of course.
I don't think that would do anything with 2.6 :P
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