Re: [PATCH] vmpressure: implement strict mode

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Wed Jun 26 2013 - 03:50:50 EST


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 05:51:29PM -0400, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> Currently, applications are notified for the level they registered for
> _plus_ higher levels.
>
> This is a problem if the application wants to implement different
> actions for different levels. For example, an application might want
> to release 10% of its cache on level low, 50% on medium and 100% on
> critical. To do this, the application has to register a different fd
> for each event. However, fd low is always going to be notified and
> and all fds are going to be notified on level critical.
>
> Strict mode solves this problem by strictly notifiying the event
> an fd has registered for. It's optional. By default we still notify
> on higher levels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Shouldn't we make this default?
What do you think about it?

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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