linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: prevent starvation when writing memory.high

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:25:38 +0100
From:   Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: prevent starvation when writing
 memory.high

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:30:11AM -0500, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> -		reclaimed = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages - high,
> -							 GFP_KERNEL, true);
> +		try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages - high,
> +					     GFP_KERNEL, true);
Although I was also initially confused by throwing 'reclaimed' info
away, the patch makes sense to me given the reasoning.

It is
Reviewed-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>

As for the discussed unsuccessful retries, I'd keep it a separate change.

Regards,
Michal

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