linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] mm: reparent slab memory on cgroup removal

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 21:14:18 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-team@...com>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] mm: reparent slab memory on cgroup removal

On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 19:44:44 -0700 Roman Gushchin <guro@...com> wrote:

> So instead of trying to find a maybe non-existing balance, let's do reparent
> the accounted slabs to the parent cgroup on cgroup removal.

s/slabs/slab caches/.  Take more care with the terminology, please...

> There is a bonus: currently we do release empty kmem_caches on cgroup
> removal, however all other are waiting for the releasing of the memory cgroup.
> These refactorings allow kmem_caches to be released as soon as they
> become inactive and free.

Unclear.

s/All other/releasing of all non-empty slab caches depends upon the releasing/

I think?