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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:26:26 +0900 From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> To: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, "yamamoto@...inux.co.jp" <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>, ryov@...inux.co.jp Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm][preview] memcg: a patch series for next [0/9] On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:11:50 +0900 Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:30:14 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This post is for showing what I'm trying now. > > > > This patch set is for memory resource controller. > > 4 purposes here. > > - improve performance of memcg. > > - remove lock_page_cgroup() > > - making page_cgroup->flags to be atomic_ops. > > - support mem+swap controller. > > > > Thank you for working on mem+swap controller. > > I'll review and comment later. > My next version (writing now) will be much cleaner and clearer than this ;) So, please review only if you have free time. Thanks, -Kame > > Thanks, > Daisuke Nishimura. > > > But this is still under test and the series is not well organised. > > and base tree is old. (2.6.27-rc1-mm1) I'll rebase this set to newer mmtom tree. > > > > Maybe this set have some troubles/objections but I think the direction is not bad. > > > > Patch description. (patch ordering is bad. I'll fix in the next post.) > > > > [1/9] ... private_counter ...replace res_counter with my own counter. > > This is for supporting mem+swap controller. > > (And I think memcg has a bit different characteristics from other > > users of res_counter....) > > > > [2/9] ... change-order-uncharge ... > > This patch is for making it easy to handle swap-cache. > > > > [3/9] ... atomic_flags > > This patch changes operations for page_cgroup->flags to be atomic_ops. > > > > [4/9] ... delayed freeing. > > delaying to free page_cgroup at uncharge. > > > > [5/9] ... RCU freeing of page_cgroup > > free page_cgroup by RCU. > > > > [6/9] ... lockress page cgroup. > > remove lock_page_cgroup() and use RCU semantics. > > > > [7/9] ... add preftech > > add prefetch() macro > > > > [8/9] ... mem+swap controller base. > > introduce mem+swap controller. A bit big patch....but have tons of TODO. > > and have troubles. (it seems it's difficult to cause OOM killer.) > > > > [9/9] ... mem+swap controller control files. > > add mem+swap controller's control files. > > > > I'd like to push patch [2,3,4,5,6,7] first. > > > > Thanks, > > -Kame > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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