linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup/misc: Remove unused misc_cg_res_total

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Message-ID: <5tkx5474kjy52pyqixevmujksaj7sdgrmk4fdodmo7j6qbravp@5iscohcabedf>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:16:51 +0100
From: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To: linux@...blig.org
Cc: tj@...nel.org, hannes@...xchg.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup/misc: Remove unused misc_cg_res_total_usage

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 11:52:14PM +0000, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> 
> misc_cg_res_total_usage() was added in 2021 by
> commit a72232eabdfc ("cgroup: Add misc cgroup controller")
> 
> but has remained unused.

It can be used by out-of-tree modules in theory.
But the information is more likely used by userspace than internal
consumers as of
  e973dfe929944 ("cgroup/misc: Expose misc.current on cgroup v2 root") v6.5-rc1~187^2~1

> Remove it.

I think it's fine to remove it now.

Acked-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>

Michal

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