Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-12 Thread Daniel Gruber
H, > Ondrej > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > From: berg...@merctech.com > Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:11:11 PM > To: Ondrej Valousek > Cc: users@gridengine.org ; Trimboli, David > > Subject: Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups >

Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-07 Thread Korzennik, Sylvain
> I'm trying to limit memory usage We use UGE and we/I have addressed high memory usage/reservation as follows: - we have different types of queues, a matrix of memory limits and time limits (the elapsed time limit is always 2x cpu limit on our system), you do this via the queue def

Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-07 Thread Ondrej Valousek
d Subject: Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups In the message dated: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:24:16 -, The pithy ruminations from Ondrej Valousek on [Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups] were: => Short answer: Use a different tool than stress Long answer: linux kernel =>

Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-07 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:24:16 -, The pithy ruminations from Ondrej Valousek on [Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups] were: => Short answer: Use a different tool than stress Long answer: linux kernel => is too clever for tests like stress because allocating a

Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-07 Thread Trimboli, David
Okay, what would make a good test of this, then? And is my configuration correct? From: Ondrej Valousek Sent: Friday, August 07, 2020 12:24 PM To: users@gridengine.org; Trimboli, David Subject: Re: m_mem_free and cgroups Short answer: Use a different tool than stress Long answer: linux kernel

Re: [gridengine users] m_mem_free and cgroups

2020-08-07 Thread Ondrej Valousek
Short answer: Use a different tool than stress Long answer: linux kernel is too clever for tests like stress because allocating a memory is one thing (which is taken only like "alright, i'll see what i can do, here is the pointer") but actually _using_ that memory is something completely differe