linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpuset: Fix incorrect memory

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:04:29 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cpuset: Fix incorrect memory_pressure control file mapping

The memory_pressure control file was incorrectly set up without
a private value (0, by default). As a result, this control
file was treated like memory_migrate on read. By adding back the
FILE_MEMORY_PRESSURE private value, the correct memory pressure value
will be returned.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index f3539a4..84ba237 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1898,6 +1898,7 @@ static s64 cpuset_read_s64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft)
 	{
 		.name = "memory_pressure",
 		.read_u64 = cpuset_read_u64,
+		.private = FILE_MEMORY_PRESSURE,
 	},
 
 	{
-- 
1.8.3.1