Re: [PATCH] sched: cpu accounting controller

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Nov 29 2007 - 14:21:40 EST



* Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Paul,
> Sorry about the delay in getting back to this thread. I realized
> very recently that cpuacct controller has been removed from Linus's tree
> and have attempted to rework it as per our discussions.
>
> Linus/Ingo,
> Commit cfb5285660aad4931b2ebbfa902ea48a37dfffa1 removed a
> usefull feature for us, which provided a cpu accounting resource
> controller. This feature would be usefull if someone wants to group
> tasks only for accounting purpose and doesnt really want to exercise
> any control over their cpu consumption.

ok, this looks certainly doable for v2.6.24. I've added it to the
scheduler fixes queue and will let it brew there for a few days and send
it to Linus after that if everything goes fine - unless anyone objects.
This is pre-existing, tested code so the risk is small.

Ingo
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