Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:43:23 +0530 | From | Balbir Singh <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] memcg: VM overcommit accounting and handling |
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KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:32:58 +0200 > Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Provide distinct cgroup VM overcommit accounting and handling using the memory >> resource controller. >> > > Could you explain the benefits of this even when we have memrlimit controller ? > (If unsure, see 2.6.26-rc5-mm1 and search memrlimit controller.) > > And this kind of virtual-address-handling things should be implemented on > memrlimit controller (means not on memory-resource-controller.). > It seems this patch doesn't need to handle page_group. > > Considering hierarchy, putting several kinds of features on one controller is > not good, I think. Balbir, how do you think ? >
I would tend to agree. With the memrlimit controller, can't we do this in user space now? Figure out the overcommit value and based on that setup the memrlimit?
-- Warm Regards, Balbir Singh Linux Technology Center IBM, ISTL
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