linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: memcontrol: memory+swap accounting for cgroup-v2

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:24:44 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: memcontrol: memory+swap accounting for cgroup-v2

Hello,

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 07:12:19AM -0800, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> Yes, there are pros & cons, therefore we should give users the option
> to select the API that is better suited for their use-cases and

Heh, that's not how API decisions should be made.  The long term
outcome would be really really bad.

> environment. Both approaches are not interchangeable. We use memsw
> internally for use-cases I mentioned in commit message. This is one of
> the main blockers for us to even consider cgroup-v2 for memory
> controller.

Let's concentrate on the use case.  I couldn't quite understand what
was missing from your description.  You said that it'd make things
easier for the centralized monitoring system which isn't really a
description of a use case.  Can you please go into more details
focusing on the eventual goals (rather than what's currently
implemented)?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun