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Re: [Xen-devel] [0/3] DomGrp/SchedGrp Merge RFC

To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [0/3] DomGrp/SchedGrp Merge RFC
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:00:19 +0000
Cc: Chris <hap10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mike D. Day" <ncmike@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 6/2/08 10:42, "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Well that sounds plausible, but I'm not sure how resource pools or domgrps
>> would help with that. It sounds like a delegation mechanism (of privilege
>> and/or resource) would be more appropriate.
> 
> Sure, delegation will be needed, but there needs to be a way to specify
> which domains that scheduler has control on.

It's not clear to me that supporting any more than a delegation relation
across pairs of domains is needed at the hypervisor level. Nor whether a
richer grouping mechanism in this case would lead to greater run-time
efficiency, fewer lines of code, or clearer code.

 -- Keir



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