Re: [RFC v1] mm: add page preemption

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Oct 23 2019 - 08:04:57 EST


On Wed 23-10-19 19:53:50, Hillf Danton wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:17:29 +0200 Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > This doesn't really answer my question.
> > Why cannot you use memcgs as they are now.
>
> No prio provided.
>
> > Why exactly do you need a fixed priority?
>
> Prio comparison in global reclaim is what was added. Because every task has
> prio makes that comparison possible.

That still doesn't answer the question because it doesn't explain why is
the priority really necessary. I am sorry but I have more important
things to deal with than asking the same question again and again.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs