Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jul 2014 10:49:01 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] cgroups: Resource controller for open files. |
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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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