Re: [RFC PATCH] memcg: use root_mem_cgroup when css is inherited

[Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 9:29 AM Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 07:29:22PM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> > From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
> >
> > It is observed in android system where per-app cgroup is demanded by freezer
> > subsys and part of groups require memory control. The hierarchy could be simplized
> > as bellowing where memory charged on group B abserved while we only want have
> > group E's memory be controlled and B's descendants compete freely for memory.
> > This should be the consequences of unified hierarchy.
> > Under this scenario, less efficient memory reclaim is observed when comparing
> > with no memory control. It is believed that multi LRU scanning introduces some
> > of the overhead. Furthermore, page thrashing is also heavier than global LRU
> > which could be the consequences of partial failure of WORKINGSET mechanism as
> > LRU is too short to protect the active pages.
> >
> > A(subtree_control = memory) - B(subtree_control = NULL) - C()
> >                                                       \ D()
> >                           - E(subtree_control = memory) - F()
> >                                                         \ G()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
>
> Just in case it wasn't clear.
>
> Nacked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
>
> Thanks.
>

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