From 9a504117097495928a2a83884bb40438baa2321a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:15:58 +0200 Subject: Mach issues. --- open_issues/resource_management_problems.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 open_issues/resource_management_problems.mdwn (limited to 'open_issues') diff --git a/open_issues/resource_management_problems.mdwn b/open_issues/resource_management_problems.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..42515897 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/resource_management_problems.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_gnumach open_issue_hurd open_issue_viengoos]] + +[[Mach]] interfaces do not allow for proper resource accounting, when a server +allocates resources on behalf of a client. + +Mach can't do a good job at resource management, as it doesn't have enough +information how resources are used: which data is important and which is +discardable, for example. + +These issues are what Neal Walfield is working on with his new kernel +[[viengoos]]. -- cgit v1.2.3