linux-kernel - Re: [v9 2/5] mm: implement mem_cgroup_scan

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Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:50:27 +0100
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v9 2/5] mm: implement mem_cgroup_scan_tasks() for the root
 memory cgroup

On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:49:39PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 27-09-17 14:09:33, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > Implement mem_cgroup_scan_tasks() functionality for the root
> > memory cgroup to use this function for looking for a OOM victim
> > task in the root memory cgroup by the cgroup-ware OOM killer.
> > 
> > The root memory cgroup should be treated as a leaf cgroup,
> > so only tasks which are directly belonging to the root cgroup
> > should be iterated over.
> 
> I would only add that this patch doesn't introduce any functionally
> visible change because we never trigger oom killer with the root memcg
> as the root of the hierarchy. So this is just a preparatory work for
> later changes.

Sure, thanks!

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> > Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> > Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> > Cc: kernel-team@...com
> > Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> 
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>