Re: sched-idle and disk-priorities for 2.6.X

[Pavel Machek]

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
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