[lxc-users] Memory limit fails in Ubuntu Server

[CDR]

I just tested and in fact, the memory restriction does not work.
a) set a 5G limit for the container
b) started the container
c) gave 16 G memory to mysql
D) restarted mysql
it works fine and it also shows the memory on "show variable like '%buffer%'

Any idea how to work around this? I am afraid any container can take
down the box.

Philip

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 6:09 AM, CDR <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found the issue
> This line
> lxc.cgroup.memory.limit_in_bytes = 5G
>
> makes the container fail to start
> while this one works
> lxc.cgroup.memory.limit_in_bytes = 536870910
>
> I think that we should be free to specify the memory in any format, be
> MB, G, etc.
>
> Philip
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 6:00 AM, CDR <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:
>> lxc-start -n utel-kde
>>
>> lxc-start: call to cgmanager_set_value_sync failed: invalid request
>> lxc-start: Error setting cgroup memory.limit_in_bytes limit lxc/utel-kde
>> lxc-start: Error setting memory.limit_in_bytes to 5GB for utel-kde
>> lxc-start: failed to setup the cgroup limits for 'utel-kde'
>> lxc-start: failed to spawn 'utel-kde'
>>
>> the line in my config file is
>>
>> lxc.cgroup.memory.limit_in_bytes = 536870910
>>
>> Yours
>> Philip