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From: yamamoto@valinux.co.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
To: kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com
Cc: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/14]  memcg: free page_cgroup by RCU
Date: Mon,  1 Sep 2008 15:51:44 +0900 (JST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080901065144.CCA975A9C@siro.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:54 +0900" <20080828194454.3fa6d0d0.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>

hi,

> > > @@ -649,13 +673,17 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(memcg_force_drain_mu
> > > 
> > >  static void mem_cgroup_local_force_drain(struct work_struct *work)
> > >  {
> > > -	__free_obsolete_page_cgroup();
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +	do {
> > > +		ret = __free_obsolete_page_cgroup();
> > 
> > We keep repeating till we get 0?
> > 
> yes. this returns 0 or -ENOMEM. 

it's problematic to keep busy-looping on ENOMEM, esp. for GFP_ATOMIC.

YAMAMOTO Takashi

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-01  6:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-22 11:27 [RFC][PATCH 0/14] Mem+Swap Controller v2 KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:30 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/14] memcg: unlimted root cgroup KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 22:51   ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-23  0:38   ` kamezawa.hiroyu
2008-08-25  3:19     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:31 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/14] memcg: rewrite force_empty KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-25  3:21   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-29 11:45   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-08-30  7:30     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:32 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/14] memcg: atomic_flags KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-26  4:55   ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-26 23:50     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-27  1:58       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-26  8:46   ` kamezawa.hiroyu
2008-08-26  8:49     ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-26 23:41       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/14] delay page_cgroup freeing KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-26 11:46   ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-26 23:55     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-27  1:17       ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-27  1:39         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-27  2:25           ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-27  2:46             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:34 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/14] memcg: free page_cgroup by RCU KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-28 10:06   ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-28 10:44     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-01  6:51       ` YAMAMOTO Takashi [this message]
2008-09-01  7:01         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:35 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/14] memcg: lockless page cgroup KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-09  5:40   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-09  7:56     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-09  8:11       ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-09 11:11         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-09 11:48           ` Balbir Singh
2008-09-09 14:24         ` Balbir Singh
2008-09-09 14:04       ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-22 11:36 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/14] memcg: add prefetch to spinlock KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-28 11:00   ` Balbir Singh
2008-08-22 11:37 ` [RFC][PATCH 8/14] memcg: make mapping null before uncharge KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 9/14] memcg: add page_cgroup.h file KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/14] memcg: replace res_counter KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-27  0:44   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-08-27  1:26     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:40 ` [RFC][PATCH 11/14] memcg: mem_cgroup private ID KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:41 ` [RFC][PATCH 12/14] memcg: mem+swap controller Kconfig KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:41 ` [RFC][PATCH 13/14] memcg: mem+swap counter KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-28  8:51   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-08-28  9:32     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 11:44 ` [RFC][PATCH 14/14]memcg: mem+swap accounting KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-01  7:15   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-01  7:58     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-01  8:53       ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-01  9:53         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-01 10:21           ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-02  2:21           ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-02 11:09           ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-02 11:40             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-09-03  6:23               ` Daisuke Nishimura
2008-09-03  7:05                 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-08-22 13:20 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/14] Mem+Swap Controller v2 Balbir Singh
2008-08-22 15:34 ` kamezawa.hiroyu

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