Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270303AbTGMRII (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:08:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270306AbTGMRII (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:08:08 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:8070 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270303AbTGMRIH (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:08:07 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: Jamie Lokier cc: Miguel Freitas , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch] SCHED_SOFTRR linux scheduler policy ... In-Reply-To: <20030713141121.GG19132@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <1058017391.1197.24.camel@mf> <20030712154942.GB9547@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030712162029.GE9547@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <1058028064.1196.111.camel@mf> <20030712185157.GC10450@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030713141121.GG19132@mail.jlokier.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 666 Lines: 21 On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Davide Libenzi wrote: > > You need per-user policies to achieve fairness, the global allocation > > won't work. > > Agreed that fairness is complicated. However, a global limit is > needed because it's a big security hole to not have one. I wonder if > a global limit can't be implemented very simply? Yes, it is farily/very simple. I'll write it down today ... - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/