linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH 1/6] res_counter: handle limit change

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:04:10 +0900 (JST)
From:	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	menage@...gle.com, xemul@...nvz.org, yamamoto@...inux.co.jp,
	nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp, lizf@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH 1/6] res_counter:  handle limit change

----- Original Message -----
>KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>> Add a support to shrink_usage_at_limit_change feature to res_counter.
>> memcg will use this to drop pages.
>> 
>> Change log: xxx -> v4 (new file.)
>>  - cut out the limit-change part from hierarchy patch set.
>>  - add "retry_count" arguments to shrink_usage(). This allows that we don't
>>    have to set the default retry loop count.
>>  - res_counter_check_under_val() is added to support subsystem.
>>  - res_counter_init() is res_counter_init_ops(cnt, NULL)
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
>> 
>
>Does shrink_usage() really belong to res_counters? Could a task limiter, a
>CPU/IO bandwidth controller use this callback? Resource Counters were designe
d
>to be generic and work across controllers. Isn't the memory controller a bett
er
>place for such ops.
>
Definitely No. I think counters which cannot be shrink should return -EBUSY
by shrink_usage() when it cannot do it. 

Thanks,
-Kame



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