Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:12:21 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] Add sysfs control to modify a user's cpu share |
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 07:34:54PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > Adds tunables in sysfs to modify a user's cpu share. > > A directory is created in sysfs for each new user in the system. > > /sys/kernel/uids/<uid>/cpu_share > > Reading this file returns the cpu shares granted for the user. > Writing into this file modifies the cpu share for the user. Only an > administrator is allowed to modify a user's cpu share. > > Ex: > # cd /sys/kernel/uids/ > # cat 512/cpu_share > 1024 > # echo 2048 > 512/cpu_share > # cat 512/cpu_share > 2048 > #
Can we start adding stuff to Documentation/ for new files created in sysfs ? There's so much undocumented stuff in there now that it's unfunny.
A great start would be 'wtf is a cpu_share and why would I want to change it' ?
Dave
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