Re: [RFC][0/3] Virtual address space control for cgroups

[Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Paul Menage wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> This is an early patchset for virtual address space control for cgroups.
>>  The patches are against 2.6.25-rc5-mm1 and have been tested on top of
>>  User Mode Linux.
> 
> What's the performance hit of doing these accounting checks on every
> mmap/munmap? If it's not totally lost in the noise, couldn't it be
> made a separate control group, so that it could be just enabled (and
> the performance hit taken) for users that actually want it?
> 

I am yet to measure the performance overhead of the accounting checks. I'll try
and get started on that today. I did not consider making it a separate system,
because I suspect that anybody wanting memory control would also want address
space control (for the advantages listed in the documentation). I am not against
the idea of making it a separate subsystem, but first let me get back with the
numbers.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL

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