linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] loop: Charge i/o to mem and blk cg

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Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:02:38 -0500
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@...il.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>,
        Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "open list:BLOCK LAYER" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP - MEMORY RESOURCE CONTROLLER (MEMCG)" 
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] loop: Charge i/o to mem and blk cg

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:51:53AM -0500, Dan Schatzberg wrote:
> The current code only associates with the existing blkcg when aio is
> used to access the backing file. This patch covers all types of i/o to
> the backing file and also associates the memcg so if the backing file is
> on tmpfs, memory is charged appropriately.
> 
> This patch also exports cgroup_get_e_css so it can be used by the loop
> module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@...il.com>

The cgroup bits look good to me.

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>