Re: [PATCH v2] mm/memcg: use exist interface to get css from memcg

[Hugh Dickins]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
> (2012/07/19 18:29), Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 18-07-12 19:08:54, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > > use exist interface mem_cgroup_css instead of &mem->css.
> > 
> > This interface has been added to enable mem->css outside of
> > mm/memcontrol.c (where we define struct mem_cgroup). There is one user
> > left (hwpoison_filter_task) after recent clean ups.
> > 
> > I think we shouldn't spread the usage inside the mm/memcontrol.c. The
> > compiler inlines the function for all callers added by this patch but I
> > wouldn't rely on it. It is also unfortunate that we cannot convert all
> > dereferences (e.g. const mem_cgroup).
> > Moreover it doesn't add any additional type safety. So I would vote for
> > not taking the patch but if others like it I will not block it.
> > 
> 
> Agreed.

Very strongly agreed: I found it hard to be as polite as you have been.

Hugh
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