Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] memcg: stock code cleanups

[Shakeel Butt]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 02:33:28PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 3/14/25 07:15, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> > This is a cleanup series (first 7 patches) is trying to simplify the
> > memcg stock code, particularly it tries to remove unnecessary
> > dependencies. The last 3 patches are a prototype to make per-cpu memcg
> > stock work without disabling irqs.
> > 
> > My plan is to send out the first 7 cleanup patches separately for the
> > next release window and iterate more on the last 3 patches plus add
> > functionality for multiple memcgs.
> > 
> > This series is based on next-20250313 plus two following patches:
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250312222552.3284173-1-shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx/
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250313054812.2185900-1-shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> >  to simply the memcg stock code
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I've been looking at this area too, and noticed a different opportunity for
> cleanup+perf improvement yesterday. I rebased it on top of patch 7 as it
> would make sense to do it before changing the locking - it reduces the
> number of places where the local_trylock is taken. If it's ok to you, please
> incorporate to your series.

Thanks a lot Vlastimil, I will take it and add review tag after
reviewing it.

Andrew, I will post only the cleanup series soon. It will be based on
next-20250314. If you decide to take it for upcoming open window
(6.15-rc) then some coordination with bpf tree would be needed. However
for the next window (6.16-rc), I don't expect conflicts.