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Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) [message #5586 is a reply to message #5570]

Thu, 24 August 2006 00:17

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Chandra Seetharaman
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On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 10:05 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:46:19 +0400
> Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru> wrote:
>
> > The following patch set presents base of
> > Resource Beancounters (BC).
> > BC allows to account and control consumption
> > of kernel resources used by group of processes.
> >
> > Draft UBC description on OpenVZ wiki can be found at
> > http://wiki.openvz.org/UBC_parameters
> >
> > The full BC patch set allows to control:
> > - kernel memory. All the kernel objects allocatable
> > on user demand should be accounted and limited
> > for DoS protection.
> > E.g. page tables, task structs, vmas etc.
> >
> > - virtual memory pages. BCs allow to
> > limit a container to some amount of memory and
> > introduces 2-level OOM killer taking into account
> > container's consumption.
> > pages shared between containers are correctly
> > charged as fractions (tunable).
> >
> > - network buffers. These includes TCP/IP rcv/snd
> > buffers, dgram snd buffers, unix, netlinks and
> > other buffers.
> >
> > - minor resources accounted/limited by number:
> > tasks, files, flocks, ptys, siginfo, pinned dcache
> > mem, sockets, iptentries (for containers with
> > virtualized networking)
> >
> > As the first step we want to propose for discussion
> > the most complicated parts of resource management:
> > kernel memory and virtual memory.
>
> The patches look reasonable to me - mergeable after updating them for
> today's batch of review commentlets.

If you are considering this infrastructure for generic resource
management, I have few concerns:
- There is no CPU controller under this framework
- There is no I/O controller under this framework
- Minimum of 3 parameters need to be used to manage memory.
(in other words, usage is not simple. In order to provide a minimum
guarantee of a resource, one needs to define a new parameter)

>
> I have two high-level problems though.
>
> a) I don't yet have a sense of whether this implementation
> is appropriate/sufficient for the various other
> applications which people are working on.
>
> If the general shape is OK and we think this
> implementation can be grown into one which everyone can
> use then fine.

Here are some of other infrastructure related issues I have raised.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ckrm-tech&m=115593001810 616&w=2

>
> And...
>
> > The patch set to be sent provides core for BC and
> > management of kernel memory only. Virtual memory
> > management will be sent in a couple of days.
>
> We need to go over this work before we can commit to the BC
> core. Last time I looked at the VM accounting patch it
> seemed rather unpleasing from a maintainability POV.
>
> And, if I understand it correctly, the only response to a job
> going over its VM limits is to kill it, rather than trimming
> it. Which sounds like a big problem?

Yes, it does.

IMHO (as mentioned in a different email), a group with a resource
constraint should behave no different than a kernel with a specified
amount of memory. i.e it should do reclamation before it starts failing
allocation requests. It could even do it preemptively.
>
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		[PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 10:44
		[PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 10:59
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Alexey Dobriyan on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:04
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Dave Hansen on Wed, 23 August 2006 22:04
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Matt Helsley on Wed, 23 August 2006 22:13
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 11:27
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 11:31
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: rdunlap on Wed, 23 August 2006 22:29
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Matt Helsley on Wed, 23 August 2006 22:27
		Re: [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Chandra Seetharaman on Thu, 24 August 2006 00:23
		Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: dev on Thu, 24 August 2006 11:47
		Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 1/6] BC: kconfig By: Matt Helsley on Thu, 24 August 2006 22:23
		[PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:00
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Andi Kleen on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:37
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:25
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Andi Kleen on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:48
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:46
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Alexey Dobriyan on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:53
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Matt Helsley on Wed, 23 August 2006 22:05
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Alexey Dobriyan on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:30
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Andrew Morton on Wed, 23 August 2006 16:42
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Oleg Nesterov on Thu, 24 August 2006 11:09
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: dev on Thu, 24 August 2006 12:03
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Andrew Morton on Thu, 24 August 2006 15:00
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 10:51
		Re: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API) By: Oleg Nesterov on Thu, 24 August 2006 17:09
		[PATCH 3/6] BC: context inheriting and changing By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:02
		[PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:03
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:40
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Andrew Morton on Wed, 23 August 2006 16:50
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Alan Cox on Wed, 23 August 2006 17:08
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Andrew Morton on Thu, 24 August 2006 04:35
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Alan Cox on Thu, 24 August 2006 10:42
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Alexey Dobriyan on Thu, 24 August 2006 13:08
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 10:54
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Alexey Dobriyan on Wed, 23 August 2006 13:41
		Re: [PATCH 4/6] BC: user interface (syscalls) By: Chandra Seetharaman on Thu, 24 August 2006 00:30
		[PATCH 5/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (core) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:04
		Re: [PATCH 5/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (core) By: Chandra Seetharaman on Thu, 24 August 2006 00:36
		Re: [PATCH 5/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (core) By: Oleg Nesterov on Thu, 24 August 2006 16:59
		Re: [PATCH 5/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (core) By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 10:06
		[PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: dev on Wed, 23 August 2006 11:05
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: Dave Hansen on Wed, 23 August 2006 18:30
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: dev on Tue, 29 August 2006 09:52
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: Dave Hansen on Tue, 29 August 2006 15:48
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: Dave Hansen on Wed, 23 August 2006 23:03
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: Geert Uytterhoeven on Thu, 24 August 2006 09:30
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: Dave Hansen on Thu, 24 August 2006 15:52
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: dev on Tue, 29 August 2006 14:34
		Re: [PATCH 6/6] BC: kernel memory accounting (marks) By: dev on Tue, 29 August 2006 15:53
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Andrew Morton on Wed, 23 August 2006 17:05
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Chandra Seetharaman on Thu, 24 August 2006 00:17
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: dev on Fri, 25 August 2006 11:47
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Andrew Morton on Fri, 25 August 2006 14:30
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Andi Kleen on Fri, 25 August 2006 14:48
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: dev on Mon, 28 August 2006 08:27
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Nick Piggin on Fri, 25 August 2006 15:14
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Andrey Savochkin on Fri, 25 August 2006 16:30
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Andrew Morton on Fri, 25 August 2006 17:50
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Chandra Seetharaman on Fri, 25 August 2006 19:00
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Rohit Seth on Sat, 26 August 2006 02:15
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Alan Cox on Sat, 26 August 2006 16:16
		Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Rohit Seth on Mon, 28 August 2006 16:48
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: kir on Mon, 28 August 2006 17:40
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Rohit Seth on Mon, 28 August 2006 22:28
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Alan Cox on Tue, 29 August 2006 10:15
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Rohit Seth on Tue, 29 August 2006 17:30
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Alan Cox on Tue, 29 August 2006 18:46
		Re: Re: BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Rohit Seth on Tue, 29 August 2006 19:15
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: dev on Tue, 29 August 2006 15:33
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Balbir Singh on Tue, 29 August 2006 17:08
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Cedric Le Goater on Wed, 23 August 2006 21:00
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Jan Engelhardt on Thu, 24 August 2006 05:52
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Alan Cox on Thu, 24 August 2006 10:38
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Alan Cox on Fri, 25 August 2006 15:36
		Re: [PATCH] BC: resource beancounters (v2) By: Nick Piggin on Sat, 26 August 2006 03:55

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