Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933357AbXK2TVi (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:21:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762257AbXK2TV3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:21:29 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:60960 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757772AbXK2TV2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:21:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:20:58 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Srivatsa Vaddagiri Cc: Paul Menage , containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, LKML , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Balbir Singh , dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com, skumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: cpu accounting controller Message-ID: <20071129192058.GC5238@elte.hu> References: <6599ad830711122125u576e85a6w428466a0ab46dbc6@mail.gmail.com> <20071113060038.GC3359@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830711122205g88aae4fua8dd76cf6e8ab84d@mail.gmail.com> <20071113074805.GA13499@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830711122357i60482475o10c0e0935a9e00c0@mail.gmail.com> <20071129191737.GH5681@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071129191737.GH5681@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1120 Lines: 26 * Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > Paul, > Sorry about the delay in getting back to this thread. I realized > very recently that cpuacct controller has been removed from Linus's tree > and have attempted to rework it as per our discussions. > > Linus/Ingo, > Commit cfb5285660aad4931b2ebbfa902ea48a37dfffa1 removed a > usefull feature for us, which provided a cpu accounting resource > controller. This feature would be usefull if someone wants to group > tasks only for accounting purpose and doesnt really want to exercise > any control over their cpu consumption. ok, this looks certainly doable for v2.6.24. I've added it to the scheduler fixes queue and will let it brew there for a few days and send it to Linus after that if everything goes fine - unless anyone objects. This is pre-existing, tested code so the risk is small. Ingo - 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/