From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932519AbVIHOzb (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:55:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932520AbVIHOzb (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:55:31 -0400 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:15325 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932519AbVIHOza (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:55:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 07:55:13 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: dino@in.ibm.com, kurosawa@valinux.co.jp, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ckrm-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] SUBCPUSETS: a resource control functionality using CPUSETS Message-Id: <20050908075513.26c8c2d5.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20050908141152.GA11793@in.ibm.com> References: <20050908053912.1352770031@sv1.valinux.co.jp> <20050908002323.181fd7d5.pj@sgi.com> <20050908131427.GA5994@in.ibm.com> <20050908141152.GA11793@in.ibm.com> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0beta5 (GTK+ 2.4.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dipankar wrote: > If what subcpusets is doing is slicing cpusets resources, then wouldn't > it be more intusive to call them slice0, slice1 etc. under the > respective cpuset ? If we continue with Takahiro-san's design, then I agree that the name 'subcpusets' doesn't have quite the right connotations, and would join you in exploring alternative names. First it looks to be worth exploring alternatives that make resource control more an attribute of existing cpusets than a new (sub) type of cpuset, as Dinakar and I have both contemplated in earlier posts today. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.925.600.0401