linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] selftests: cgroup: fix alloc_anon

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Date:   Fri, 8 Apr 2022 18:31:44 -0700
From:   Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
To:     Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>, Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>,
        Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] selftests: cgroup: fix alloc_anon_noexit()
 instantly freeing memory

On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 04:57:42AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> Currently, alloc_anon_noexit() calls alloc_anon() which instantly frees
> the allocated memory. alloc_anon_noexit() is usually used with
> cg_run_nowait() to run a process in the background that allocates
> memory. It makes sense for the background process to keep the memory
> allocated and not instantly free it (otherwise there is no point of
> running it in the background).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>