Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] UBC: syscalls (user interface) | From | Rohit Seth <> | Date | Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:05:19 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 16:04 +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote: > >>Add the following system calls for UB management: > >> 1. sys_getluid - get current UB id > >> 2. sys_setluid - changes exec_ and fork_ UBs on current > >> 3. sys_setublimit - set limits for resources consumtions > >> > > > > > > Why not have another system call for getting the current limits? > will add sys_getublimit(). > > > But as I said in previous mail, configfs seems like a better choice for > > user interface. That way user has to go to one place to read/write > > limits, see the current usage and other stats. > Check another email about interfaces. I have arguments against it :/ >
...and I'm still not convinced that syscall is the right approach.
> > I think there should be a check here for seeing if the new limits are > > lower than the current usage of a resource. If so then take appropriate > > action. > any idea what exact action to add here? > Looks like can be added when needed, agree? >
When you have the support of user memory, then operations like flush the extra pages belonging to the container to disk seems reasonable.
-rohit
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