[PATCH 0/6] Number of Tasks Resource controller

[Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>]

Andrew,

Numtasks controller is a simple resource controller that provides user the
ability to
	- control the number of tasks a class can have
	- control the rate at which forks happen in the system

on top of Resource Groups.

Please consider these for inclusion in -mm tree.
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Patch descriptions:

1/6: numtasks_init

Hooks up with Resource Groups core by defining the basic alloc/free
functions and registering the controller with the core.

2/6: numtasks_tasksupport

Adds task management support by defining a function to be called from
fork() to see if the resource group is within its share allocation
Sets interface to be called from core when a task is moved to a resource
group.

3/6: numtasks_shares_n_stats

Sets interface to be called from core when a resource group's shares are
changes or when stats are requested.

4/6: numtasks_config

Use module parameters to dynamically set the total numtasks and maximum
forkrate allowed.

5/6: numtasks_forkrate

Adds support to control the forkrate in the system. 

6/6: numtasks_docs

Documents what the numtasks controller does and how to use it. 

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