Re: [RFC PATCH] Make swap accounting default behavior configurablev2

From: Daisuke Nishimura
Date: Sun Nov 14 2010 - 21:39:46 EST


On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:33:30 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> * nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nishimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2010-11-15 10:13:35]:
>
> Thanks Nishimura-San
>
> It seems like the motivation for the patch is to allow distros to
> enable memory cgroups and swap control, but to have swap control
> turned off by default (because we provide default on today)
> - is my understanding correct?
>
I think you're right.

This patch make the default behavior configurable by .config and let users
turn swap control on even if it's disabled by .config.
It will give distros and users wider choice.

Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.
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