Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [PATCH] cpusets - big numa cpu and memory placement

Matthew Dobson
2004-10-11T22:20:21Z

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 17:05, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Matthew writes:
> > > CKRM aspires to be both a general purpose resource management framework
> > > and the embodiment of fair share scheduling.
> >
> > I think your missing something here. CKRM, as I understand it, aspires
> > to be a general purpose resource management framework. To that point I
> > will accede. But the second part, about CKRM being the embodiment of
> > fair share scheduling, is secondary.
>
> Ok - you may well be right that CKRM does not aspire to be the embodiment
> of fair share scheduling. But doesn't it embody a fair share sheduler
> (and no other such policy) as a matter of current implementation fact?

Yes. That is true, but it is by no means meant to be the end-all,
be-all of CKRM. It is my understanding that the fair share scheduler is
a proof-of-concept and an example of how to write a 'controller' for
others, but not the full extent of CKRM's power.

-Matt