From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail190.messagelabs.com (mail190.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E166B0024 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 06:35:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from d28relay05.in.ibm.com (d28relay05.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.62]) by e28smtp04.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p4GAZktf029633 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 16:05:46 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (d28av01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.63]) by d28relay05.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id p4GAZkFU2388122 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 16:05:46 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av01.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id p4GAZjrx002094 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 16:05:45 +0530 Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:00:34 +0530 From: Balbir Singh Subject: Re: [rfc patch 0/6] mm: memcg naturalization Message-ID: <20110516103034.GI22412@balbir.in.ibm.com> Reply-To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <1305212038-15445-1-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1305212038-15445-1-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Johannes Weiner Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , Daisuke Nishimura , Ying Han , Michal Hocko , Andrew Morton , Rik van Riel , Minchan Kim , KOSAKI Motohiro , Mel Gorman , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Johannes Weiner [2011-05-12 16:53:52]: > Hi! > > Here is a patch series that is a result of the memcg discussions on > LSF (memcg-aware global reclaim, global lru removal, struct > page_cgroup reduction, soft limit implementation) and the recent > feature discussions on linux-mm. > > The long-term idea is to have memcgs no longer bolted to the side of > the mm code, but integrate it as much as possible such that there is a > native understanding of containers, and that the traditional !memcg > setup is just a singular group. This series is an approach in that > direction. > > It is a rather early snapshot, WIP, barely tested etc., but I wanted > to get your opinions before further pursuing it. It is also part of > my counter-argument to the proposals of adding memcg-reclaim-related > user interfaces at this point in time, so I wanted to push this out > the door before things are merged into .40. > > The patches are quite big, I am still looking for things to factor and > split out, sorry for this. Documentation is on its way as well ;) > > #1 and #2 are boring preparational work. #3 makes traditional reclaim > in vmscan.c memcg-aware, which is a prerequisite for both removal of > the global lru in #5 and the way I reimplemented soft limit reclaim in > #6. A large part of the acceptance would be based on what the test results for common mm benchmarks show. -- Three Cheers, Balbir -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org