Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-12-11 Thread Menno Lageman
Steve Lawrence wrote: > > We have a generic rctl/global-zone safety issue that needs to be addressed. > It would seem simple enough to just make project 0 processes in the global > zone exempt from zone rctls. This would allow apps in the global zone to > be capped without affecting system daemon

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-12-10 Thread Menno Lageman
Steve Lawrence wrote: > Hey Menno, > > Do you have any source code or arc materials for review? I'd also be > interested in your latest archives. > > Have you run any functional or stress tests on this? I can probally dig > up additional tests if you want. I'm guessing you really want to bang

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-11-16 Thread Menno Lageman
Flemming Danielsen wrote: > I have found in the past that it is frustrating to find resources > rctl that is not in sync between projects and zones definitions and > as a costumer I would like to see them in sync. > > It would also enable me to isolate applications in zones that tend to > bl

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-11-09 Thread Jason Schroeder
Yes please. This is a common request for the scenerios you describe and to me seems a logical addtion to the existing lwps control at a zone granularity. Applying the control on the global zone is interesting, but not as important as having the control per non-global zones. /jason This me

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-10-03 Thread Menno Lageman
Flemming Danielsen wrote: > I have found in the past that it is frustrating to find resources > rctl that is not in sync between projects and zones definitions and > as a costumer I would like to see them in sync. Flemming, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by them being 'in sync'? I th

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-10-03 Thread Menno Lageman
Steve Lawrence wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:37:30PM +0200, Menno Lageman wrote: >> Steve Lawrence wrote: >>> Have you considered also implementing project.max-processes? This would >>> give a zone admin some control over workloads within the zone. I would >>> follow suit and make project 0

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-10-03 Thread Flemming Danielsen
Hi I have found in the past that it is frustrating to find resources rctl that is not in sync between projects and zones definitions and as a costumer I would like to see them in sync. It would also enable me to isolate applications in zones that tend to blow up the zone where I have other

Re: [zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-10-03 Thread Menno Lageman
Steve Lawrence wrote: > Have you considered also implementing project.max-processes? This would > give a zone admin some control over workloads within the zone. I would > follow suit and make project 0 in the global zone exempt from its > project.max-processes rctl. I hadn't considered project.

[zones-discuss] zone.max-processes

2007-10-03 Thread Menno Lageman
One of the items listed as 'future work' is the zone.max-processes resource control to limit the number of process slots a zone may have. I have prototyped this and would like to solicit feedback. The goal of the zone.max-processes resource control is to protect the global zone and other non-gl