linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memcg: make CONFIG_MEMCG depend on CONFIG

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Message-Id: <20150304132126.90dad77e36b21016b5a411a4@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:21:26 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Chen Gang <762976180@...com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcg: make CONFIG_MEMCG depend on CONFIG_MMU

On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:13:01 -0500 Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:

> I don't even care about NOMMU, this is just wrong on principle.

Agree.  And I do care about nommu ;)

If some nommu person wants to start using memcg and manages to get it
doing something useful then good for them - we end up with a better
kernel.  We shouldn't go and rule this out without having even tried it.

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