linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] mm: memcontrol: default hierarchy interface for memory

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Message-ID: <20150114142841.GE11264@esperanza>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:28:41 +0300
From:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] mm: memcontrol: default hierarchy interface for
 memory

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:15:04PM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>   - memory.low configures the lower end of the cgroup's expected
>     memory consumption range.  The kernel considers memory below that
>     boundary to be a reserve - the minimum that the workload needs in
>     order to make forward progress - and generally avoids reclaiming
>     it, unless there is an imminent risk of entering an OOM situation.

AFAICS, if a cgroup cannot be shrunk back to its low limit (e.g.
because it consumes anon memory, and there's no swap), it will get on
with it. Is it considered to be a problem? Are there any plans to fix
it, e.g. by invoking OOM-killer in a cgroup that is above its low limit
if we fail to reclaim from it?

Thanks,
Vladimir
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