linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] mm: memcontrol: give the kmem states more descriptive names

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Message-ID: <20151209091038.GM11488@esperanza>
Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 2015 12:10:39 +0300
From:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] mm: memcontrol: give the kmem states more
 descriptive names

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 01:34:20PM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On any given memcg, the kmem accounting feature has three separate
> states: not initialized, structures allocated, and actively accounting
> slab memory. These are represented through a combination of the
> kmem_acct_activated and kmem_acct_active flags, which is confusing.
> 
> Convert to a kmem_state enum with the states NONE, ALLOCATED, and
> ONLINE. Then rename the functions to modify the state accordingly.
> This follows the nomenclature of css object states more closely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>
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