linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] memcg, mm: introduce lowlimit reclaim

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Date:	Fri, 2 May 2014 11:34:51 -0400
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <klamm@...dex-team.ru>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] memcg, mm: introduce lowlimit reclaim

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 05:11:20PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 02-05-14 11:04:34, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> [...]
> > > @@ -2236,12 +2246,9 @@ static unsigned __shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
> > >  		do {
> > >  			struct lruvec *lruvec;
> > >  
> > > -			/*
> > > -			 * Memcg might be under its low limit so we have to
> > > -			 * skip it during the first reclaim round
> > > -			 */
> > > -			if (follow_low_limit &&
> > > -					!mem_cgroup_reclaim_eligible(memcg, root)) {
> > > +			/* Memcg might be protected from the reclaim */
> > > +			if (force_memcg_guarantee &&
> > 
> > respect_?  consider_?
> 
> enforce_ ?

A native speaker might be better at this, but to me it seems weird to
enforce a promise.  honor_memcg_guarantee?
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