linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: memcontrol: eliminate raw access to stat and event counters

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Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:15:40 +0300
From:   Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: memcontrol: eliminate raw access to stat and
 event counters

On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 11:33:34AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Replace all raw 'this_cpu_' modifications of the stat and event
> per-cpu counters with API functions such as mod_memcg_state().
> 
> This makes the code easier to read, but is also in preparation for the
> next patch, which changes the per-cpu implementation of those counters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/memcontrol.h | 31 +++++++++++++++---------
>  mm/memcontrol.c            | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

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