Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ckrm-tech] [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction | From | Chandra Seetharaman <> | Date | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:55:36 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 17:13 -0700, Paul Menage wrote: > On 9/21/06, Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > Think about what will be available to customer through a distro. > > > > There are two (competing) memory controllers in the kernel. But, distro > > can turn only one ON. Which in turn mean > > Why's that? I don't see why cpuset memory nodemasks can't coexist > with, say, the RG memory controller. They're attempting to solve > different problems, and I can see situations where you might want to > use both at once.
Yes, they are two different solutions and I agree that there is no competition.
Where I see the competition is w.r.t memory controllers from different resource management solutions (RG, UBC, Rohit's container etc.,). That is what I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.
> > > > > So, IMHO, it is better to sort out the differences before we get things > > in mainline kernel. > > Agreed, if we can come up with a definition of e.g. memory controller > that everyone agrees is suitable for their needs. You're assuming > that's so a priori, I'm not yet convinced. > > And I'm not trying to get another memory controller into the kernel, > I'm just trying to get a standard process aggregation into the kernel > (or rather, take the one that's already in the kernel and make it > possible to hook other controller frameworks into it), so that the > various memory controllers can become less intrusive patches in their > own right.
I wasn't talking about the competition issue in this context.
Let me clearly state it for the record: I support your effort in providing an independent process aggregation :)
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