linux-kernel - Re: [-mm] Disable the memory controller by default

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Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:48:23 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	"KOSAKI Motohiro" <m-kosaki@...es.dti.ne.jp>,
	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"YAMAMOTO Takashi" <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"Pavel Emelianov" <xemul@...nvz.org>, hugh@...itas.com,
	"KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [-mm] Disable the memory controller by default

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>  No, it is not all bad. That can be done, but we need to guard against a usage like
>
>  cgroup_disable=memory cgroup_enable=memory
>
>  The user will probably get what he/she deserves for it.

I don't think we need to guard against that. It seems perfectly valid
to have a lilo config with

  append="cgroup_disable=memory"

and then want to boot with the memory controller enabled you can do

  lilo -R <image> cgroup_enable=memory

The kernel command line will then look like

  "... cgroup_disable=memory cgroup_enable=memory"

and the last switch should win.

Paul
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