linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcg: expose mem_cgroup

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Message-Id: <20180308154058.9158c9c1ff1e4e67990bcce7@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:40:58 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcg: expose mem_cgroup_put API

On Wed,  7 Mar 2018 18:48:50 -0800 Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com> wrote:

> This patch exports mem_cgroup_put API to put the refcnt of the memory
> cgroup.

Not the best of changelogs :(

Why is this patch being added?

It's a prerequisite for <I-forget-which-patch> isn't it?