Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761269AbXEKRFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759079AbXEKRFo (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:44 -0400 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:55186 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754805AbXEKRFo (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:05:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: clameter@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com To: Bas Westerbaan cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Conveying memory pressure to userspace? In-Reply-To: <6880bed30705101756nb5bd0c5s97935b97d07f846a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <6880bed30705101756nb5bd0c5s97935b97d07f846a@mail.gmail.com> 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: 586 Lines: 13 On Fri, 11 May 2007, Bas Westerbaan wrote: > These applications are unaware of memory pressure. While the kernel > is trying its best to to free memory by for instance dropping, > possibly more valuable caches, userspace is left blissfully unaware. cpusets export a notion of memory pressure to user space. See the cpusets documentation. - 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/