Re: Re: [PATCH 1/6] res_counter: handle limit change

From: kamezawa . hiroyu
Date: Mon Jun 16 2008 - 05:05:30 EST


----- Original Message -----
>KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>> Add a support to shrink_usage_at_limit_change feature to res_counter.
>> memcg will use this to drop pages.
>>
>> Change log: xxx -> v4 (new file.)
>> - cut out the limit-change part from hierarchy patch set.
>> - add "retry_count" arguments to shrink_usage(). This allows that we don't
>> have to set the default retry loop count.
>> - res_counter_check_under_val() is added to support subsystem.
>> - res_counter_init() is res_counter_init_ops(cnt, NULL)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>
>Does shrink_usage() really belong to res_counters? Could a task limiter, a
>CPU/IO bandwidth controller use this callback? Resource Counters were designe
d
>to be generic and work across controllers. Isn't the memory controller a bett
er
>place for such ops.
>
Definitely No. I think counters which cannot be shrink should return -EBUSY
by shrink_usage() when it cannot do it.

Thanks,
-Kame



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