Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755800AbYCaCGB (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752904AbYCaCFy (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:54 -0400 Received: from intmailgate.algonquincollege.com ([205.211.52.150]:43062 "EHLO mailgate4.algonquincollege.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752644AbYCaCFx (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:53 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1202 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:53 EDT MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Eric Descourtis To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: eric.des.courtis@gmail.com Message-id: Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:37:00 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit) Content-language: en Subject: Limiting CPU usage for processes in linux 2.6.18.8 X-Accept-Language: en X-Canit-CHI2: 0.00 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN, Outgoing) X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 12.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: Outgoing (inherits from default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 65212591 - 57b888ff0ad5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 795 Lines: 20 Hello, I would like to implement a patch to the scheduler that limits the CPU usage of individual processes to a percentage in Linux 2.6.18.8 (Can't be any other version). I would just like some feedback on the following questions: 1. How can I ensure that limited processes get their CPU time percentage allocation? 2. Are there mechanisms in place that would simplify this process? I have been hitting my head against the wall for a long time now, any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Eric des Courtis CC: eric.des.courtis@gmail.com -- 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/