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Message-ID: <YLpMXmWvPsIK97ZE@slm.duckdns.org>
Date:   Fri, 4 Jun 2021 11:53:02 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] cgroup, blkcg: prevent dirty inodes to pin dying
 memory cgroups

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 06:31:53PM -0700, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> To solve the problem inodes should be eventually detached from the
> corresponding writeback structure. It's inefficient to do it after
> every writeback completion. Instead it can be done whenever the
> original memory cgroup is offlined and writeback structure is getting
> killed. Scanning over a (potentially long) list of inodes and detach
> them from the writeback structure can take quite some time. To avoid
> scanning all inodes, attached inodes are kept on a new list (b_attached).
> To make it less noticeable to a user, the scanning and switching is performed
> from a work context.

Sorry for chiming in late but the series looks great to me and the only
comment I have is the migration target on the last patch, which isn't a
critical issue. Please feel free to add

 Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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