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On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>  > *If* they want to use the virtual address space controller, that is.
>  >
>  > By that argument, you should make the memory and cpu controllers the
>  > same controller, since in your scenario they'll usually be used
>  > together..
>
>  Heh, Virtual address and memory are more closely interlinked than CPU and Memory.

If you consider virtual address space limits a useful way to limit
swap usage, that's true.

But if you don't, then memory and CPU are more closely linked since
they represent real resource usage, whereas virtual address space is a
more abstract quantity.

Paul