From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265563AbUAZHT5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:19:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265564AbUAZHT5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:19:57 -0500 Received: from gprs40-10.eurotel.cz ([160.218.40.10]:53592 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265563AbUAZHT4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:19:56 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:19:46 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Rik van Riel , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, kernel list Subject: Re: sched-idle and disk-priorities for 2.6.X Message-ID: <20040126071945.GA208@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040117232926.GC9999@elf.ucw.cz> <40147637.20806@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40147637.20806@tmr.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >>Is there effective way to limit RSS? > > > > > >Want me to port the RSS stuff from 2.4-rmap to 2.6 ? > > What's the effort? It's useful for programs which use a lot of memory, > particularly for those which only do it on some data sets. It would > certainly act as a safty net. If you have two apps which oth need lots of memory, and want to "renice" one to run slower. Alternatively when you have one app eating a lots of memory and you want your system to remain usable. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]