Subject: Re: [vserver] Kernel Thread's accounted to a User Context
From: "Daniel Hokka Zakrisson" <daniel@hozac.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:48:44 +0100 (CET)

Eric Keller wrote:
>> This was something we discussed briefly at a VINI-meeting some time
>> earlier this week (or was it last week?). If you want to consume tokens
>> in
>> kernel space, you'll probably have to call one of the functions in
>> kernel/sched_hard.h.
>>
>> Now, for kernel threads, that shouldn't be necessary. I can see a
>> potential bug in the kernel here, but I'd have to verify that. What
>> kernel
>> are you working with?
>>
>>
> Daniel,
>
> I'm using 2.6.19.  I've been trying to update to the latest, but the
> problem with updating is I'm using Click and the latest patch they have
> is for 2.6.19, there were a bunch of rejects when I just now patched
> 2.6.22.14 and I haven't been able to get click to compile yet - it
> relies heavily on the kernel data structures.  So if you really think
> the difference in kernels will make a difference, then I can keep trying
> to get click to compile.

If this is caused by what I think it is, the problem is not yet addressed
in the most recent kernel. I'll be testing this later today.

> Are you at or visiting Princeton right now?  I know email addresses
> don't show up in these messages, so it's not obvious, but I'm at
> Princeton.   If you are local, could I stop by to chat?  My email is
> ekeller@princeton.edu?

From: headers stay intact ;-)

I returned home from Princeton on Saturday, so unfortunately I'm no longer
local.

> Eric

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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson