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Message-ID: <20150506144659.GO14550@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 16:46:59 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gfp: add __GFP_NOACCOUNT

On Wed 06-05-15 17:29:51, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
[...]
> My point is that MEMCG is the only subsystem of the kernel that tries to
> do full memory accounting, and there is no point in introducing another
> one, because we already have it.

Then I really do not get why the gfp flag cannot be specific about that.
Anyway, it doesn't really make much sense to bikeshed about the flag
here. So if both you and Johannes agree on the name I will not stand in
the way. I will go and check into include/linux/gfp.h anytime I will try
to remember the flag name...

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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