linux-kernel - Re: [v3 PATCH 02/11] mm: vmscan: consolidate shrinker

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:13:51 -0800
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>
CC:     <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>, <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        <david@...morbit.com>, <hannes@...xchg.org>, <mhocko@...e.com>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v3 PATCH 02/11] mm: vmscan: consolidate shrinker_maps handling
 code

On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 02:58:08PM -0800, Yang Shi wrote:
> The shrinker map management is not really memcg specific, it's just allocation

In the current form it doesn't look so, especially because each name
has a memcg_ prefix and each function takes a memcg argument.

It begs for some refactorings (Kirill suggested some) and renamings.

Thanks!