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Date:	Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:50:57 -0700
From:	Rohit Seth <rohitseth@...gle.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	CKRM-Tech <ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net>, devel@...nvz.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 03:00 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> (this time to the lists as well)
> 
> Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
>  > I'd much rather containterize the whole reclaim code, which should not
>  > be too hard since he already adds a container pointer to struct page.
> 
> 

Right now the memory handler in this container subsystem is written in
such a way that when existing kernel reclaimer kicks in, it will first
operate on those (container with pages over the limit) pages first.  But
in general I like the notion of containerizing the whole reclaim code.

>  > I still have to reread what Rohit does for file backed pages, that gave
>  > my head a spin.

Please let me know if there is any specific part that isn't making much
sense.

-rohit


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