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Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v4) (added user memory) [message #6381 is a reply to message #6366] Fri, 15 September 2006 08:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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> <snip>
>
>>Reserving in advance means that sometimes you won't be able to start a
>>new group without taking back some of reserved pages. This is ... strange.
>
>
> I do not see it strange. At the time of creation, user sees the failure
> (that there isn't enough resource to provide the required/requested
> guarantee) and can act accordingly.
>
> BTW, VMware does it this way.
This is not true at least for ESX server.
It overcommits memory and does dirty tricks like balooning to free memory then.

[...]

> We would need at least:
> - BC should be created/deleted explicitly by the user
> - cleaner interface for controller writers
why do you bother for the last too much?
The number of controlers is quite limited...

Kirill
 
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