netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/13] bpf: Introduce selectable memcg for bpf map

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Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2022 06:18:09 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/13] bpf: Introduce selectable memcg for
 bpf map

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 09:13:09AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> Hmm. We discussed this option already. We definitely don't want
> to introduce an uapi knob that will allow anyone to skip memcg
> accounting today and in the future.

cgroup.memory boot parameter is how memcg provides last-resort workarounds
for this sort of problems / regressions while they're being addressed. It's
not a dynamically changeable or programmable thing. Just a boot time
opt-out. That said, if you don't want it, you don't want it.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun