[systemd-devel] restricting resource of a process within a service

[Armen Baloyan]

Hi Colin,

Thank you for you detailed answer.

Best,
Armen

Armen Baloyan | Linux Engineering Lead


On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Colin Guthrie <colin at mageia.org> wrote:

> Armen Baloyan wrote on 18/10/17 02:21:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to restrict CPU usage for a process that runs in a service. The
> > service has over 10 processes running but I need to put restrictions
> > only on 1 of those processes.
> > Is it possible to move this process to a separate cgroup or it cannot be
> > removed its service's cgroup?
>
> I don't think this is supported.
>
> Depending on how your "master" process works and communicates with it's
> 10 processes, you may want to consider splitting your service out into
> separate systemd units. They can all be dependant on each other or,
> depending on your IPC mechanisms, you can use socket or bus activation.
> This then lets you have separate systemd units for each and apply
> whatever accounting and restrictions you may wish on each.
>
> HTHs
>
> Col
>
>
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