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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:42:53 +0100
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] memcg: operate on page quantities internally

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 08:50:34AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Wed,  9 Feb 2011 12:01:49 +0100
> Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> > If I did not miss anything, this should leave only res_counter and
> > user-visible stuff in bytes.  The ABI probably won't change, so next
> > up is converting res_counter to operate on page quantities.
> 
> Hmm, I think this should be done but think this should be postphoned, too.
> Because, IIUC, some guys will try to discuss charging against kernel objects
> in the next mm-summit. IMHO, it will be done against PAGE not against
> Object even if we do kernel object accouting. So this patch is okay for me.
> But I think it's better to go ahead after we confirm the way we go.
> How do you think ?

That makes sense, let's leave res_counter alone until we have hashed
this out.

> Anyway, I welcome this patch.

Thanks for reviewing,

	Hannes
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