Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH v3] sched: automated per tty task groups

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Nov 16 2010 - 13:22:19 EST


On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 19:16 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Tue, 16.11.10 09:11, Linus Torvalds (torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Lennart Poettering
> > <mzxreary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Binding something like this to TTYs is just backwards.
> >
> > Numbers talk, bullshit walks.
> >
> > The numbers have been quoted. The clear interactive behavior has been seen.
>
> Here's my super-complex patch btw, to achieve exactly the same thing
> from userspace without involving any kernel or systemd patching and
> kernel-side logic. Simply edit your own ~/.bashrc and add this to the end:
>
> if [ "$PS1" ] ; then
> mkdir -m 0700 /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/user/$$
> echo $$ > /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/user/$$/tasks
> fi
>
> Then, as the superuser do this:
>
> mount -t cgroup cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu -o cpu
> mkdir -m 0777 /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/user
>
> Done. Same effect. However: not crazy.
>
> I am not sure I myself will find the time to prep some 'numbers' for
> you. They'd be the same as with the kernel patch anyway. But I am sure
> somebody else will do it for you...

Not quite the same, you're nesting one level deeper. But the reality is,
not a lot of people will change their userspace.
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