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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Make transparent hugepages cpuset aware
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On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 19:43 -0700, David Rientjes wrote: 
>   
> I'm suspecting that you're referring to enlarged rss because of 
> khugepaged's max_ptes_none and because you're abusing the purpose of 
> cpusets for containerization.

Why is containerization an abuse?  What's wrong with renting out chunks
of a big box farm on the fly like a task motel?  If a realtime customer
checks in, he's not gonna be thrilled about sharing a room.

-Mike

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