linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces

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Message-ID: <xr93vd4xze0e.fsf@ninji.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:25:53 -0700
From:	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Ciju Rajan K <ciju@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> writes:

> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:45:08 -0700
> Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> writes:
>> > BTW, how about supporing dirty_limit_in_bytes when use_hierarchy=0 or
>> > leave it as broken when use_hierarchy=1 ?  It seems we can only
>> > support dirty_ratio when hierarchy is used.
>> 
>> I am not sure what you mean here.
>
> When using dirty_ratio, we can check the value of dirty_ratio at setting it
> and make guarantee that any children's dirty_ratio cannot exceeds it parent's.
>
> If we guarantee that, we can keep dirty_ratio even under hierarchy.
>
> When it comes to dirty_limit_in_bytes, we never able to do such kind of
> controls. So, it will be broken and will do different behavior than
> dirty_ratio.

I think that for use_hierarchy=1, we could support either dirty_ratio or
dirty_limit_in_bytes.  The code that modifies dirty_limit_in_bytes could
ensure that the sum the dirty_limit_in_bytes of each child does not
exceed the parent's dirty_limit_in_bytes.

> So, not supporing dirty_bytes when use_hierarchy==1 for now sounds
> reasonable to me.

Ok, I will add the use_hierarchy==1 check and repost the patches.

I will wait to post the -v4 patch series until you post an improved
"[PATCH][memcg+dirtylimit] Fix overwriting global vm dirty limit setting
by memcg (Re: [PATCH v3 00/11] memcg: per cgroup dirty page accounting"
patch.  I think it makes sense to integrate that into -v4 of the series.

> Thanks,
> -Kame
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