[YARN-4122] Add support for GPU as a resource

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Assignee: Jun Gong
• Reporter: Jun Gong
• Created: 06/Sep/15 14:22
• Updated: 11/Oct/17 21:18
• Resolved: 11/Oct/17 21:18

Description

Use cgroups devcies to isolate GPUs for containers. For docker containers, we could use 'docker run --device=...'.

Reference: SLURM Resources isolation through cgroups.

Issue Links

• is related to: YARN-3926 [Umbrella] Extend the YARN resource model for easier resource-type management and profiles
• is related to: YARN-6223 [Umbrella] Natively support GPU configuration/discovery/scheduling/isolation on YARN
• is required by: SLIDER-1174 Support Tensorflow on Slider
• is superceded by: YARN-5517 Add GPU as a resource type for scheduling