linux-kernel - Re: [NEW]: Introducing shrink_all

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Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:16:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	PINTU KUMAR <pintu_agarwal@...oo.com>
To:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"pintu.k@...sung.com" <pintu.k@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [NEW]: Introducing shrink_all_memory from user space



> From: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 15 April 2012 5:40 PM

> Every program which is allowed to use this interface will (ab)use it.
> Anyway, by exposing this interface to user space (or kernel modules)
> you'll confuse the VM system.

Dear Richard, thank you very much for all your feedbacks.
I can see that you forsee many problems in doing that (even as root) 
and in just one program as part of system utility.
I am sorry but if you can highlight few problems here it will be
helpful for me(and others) to understand.
Also I wanted to understand, why it is meant only for Hibernation?

Thank you so much !


Regards,
Pintu
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