linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm, memcontrol: Add memcg_iterate

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:03:06 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm, memcontrol: Add memcg_iterate_all()

On 6/27/19 11:07 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 24-06-19 13:42:18, Waiman Long wrote:
>> Add a memcg_iterate_all() function for iterating all the available
>> memory cgroups and call the given callback function for each of the
>> memory cgruops.
> Why is a trivial wrapper any better than open coded usage of the
> iterator?

Because the iterator is only defined within memcontrol.c. So an
alternative may be to put the iterator into a header file that can be
used by others. Will take a look at that.

Cheers,
Longman