Re: [PATCH 1/6] res_counter: handle limit change

From: Pavel Emelyanov
Date: Mon Jun 16 2008 - 05:14:38 EST


Balbir Singh wrote:
> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>> Add a support to shrink_usage_at_limit_change feature to res_counter.
>> memcg will use this to drop pages.
>>
>> Change log: xxx -> v4 (new file.)
>> - cut out the limit-change part from hierarchy patch set.
>> - add "retry_count" arguments to shrink_usage(). This allows that we don't
>> have to set the default retry loop count.
>> - res_counter_check_under_val() is added to support subsystem.
>> - res_counter_init() is res_counter_init_ops(cnt, NULL)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>
> Does shrink_usage() really belong to res_counters? Could a task limiter, a
> CPU/IO bandwidth controller use this callback? Resource Counters were designed
> to be generic and work across controllers. Isn't the memory controller a better
> place for such ops.

Well, this was my point, I just couldn't express this in an understandable manner.
We're discussing this right now :)

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