From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paul Menage" Subject: Re: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm_struct (v8) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:31:27 -0700 Message-ID: <6599ad830804051631g15363456s1952fda0bb4d395d@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080404080544.26313.38199.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <47F5E69C.9@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830804040150j4946cf92h886bb26000319f3b@mail.gmail.com> <47F5F3FA.7060709@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830804041211r37848a6coaa900d8bdac40fbe@mail.gmail.com> <47F79102.6090406@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830804051023v69caa3d4h6e26ccb420bca899@mail.gmail.com> <47F7BB69.3000502@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <6599ad830804051057n2f2802e4w6179f2e108467494@mail.gmail.com> <47F7CC08.4090209@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47F7CC08.4090209@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: Pavel Emelianov , Hugh Dickins , Sudhir Kumar , YAMAMOTO Takashi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, taka@valinux.co.jp, linux-mm@kvack.org, David Rientjes , Andrew Morton , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki List-Id: linux-mm.kvack.org On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Balbir Singh wrote: > >> It's easier to set it up that way. Usually the end user gets the same SLA for > >> memory, CPU and other resources, so it makes sense to bind the controllers together. > >> > > > > True - but in that case why wouldn't they have the same SLA for > > virtual address space too? > > > > Yes, mostly. That's why I had made the virtual address space patches as a config > option on top of the memory controller :) > *If* they want to use the virtual address space controller, that is. By that argument, you should make the memory and cpu controllers the same controller, since in your scenario they'll usually be used together.. Paul