Bug#761065: ITP: cputool -- Utility which manages CPU usage and system load

[Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:27:21PM +0000, Nigel Kukard wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net>
> 
> * Package name    : cputool
>   Version         : 0.0.7
>   Upstream Author : Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net>
> * URL             : https://gitlab.devlabs.linuxassist.net/cputool/cputool

https://gitlab.devlabs.linuxassist.net/cputool/cputool/blob/master/cputool.c

> * License         : GPL-3+
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : Utility which manages CPU usage and system load
> 
> CPUTool allows the limiting of cpu usage of a process or a process group to a
> given limit and allows the suspensions of process execution if the system
> load exceeds a defined treshold.
[..]
> CPUTool is different that it allows the limiting of CPU time to process groups
> in addition to single processes. It also monitors load and pauses the process
> should this exceed the specified threshold.

How it is better from what provides cgroups kernel feature, configured through
sysfs or userspace tool ?

cgmanager - Central cgroup manager daemon
cgroup-tools - control and monitor control groups (tools)

-- 
Simon Paillard