Re: [PATCH 3/3] memcg: move page-freeing code outside of lock

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Mar 22 2011 - 06:07:14 EST


2011-03-22 (í), 13:56 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:04:39 +0900
> Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 2011-03-22 (í), 08:59 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki:
> > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:54:15 +0900
> > > Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > What is the benefit of this patch ?
> > >
> > > -Kame
> > >
> >
> > Oh, I just thought generally it'd better call such a (potentially)
> > costly function outside of locks and it could reduce few of theoretical
> > contentions between swapons and/or offs. If it doesn't help any
> > realistic cases I don't mind discarding it.
> >
>
> My point is, please write patch description which shows for what this patc is.
> All cleanup are okay to me if it reasonable. But without patch description as
> "this is just a cleanup, no functional change, and the reason is...."
> we cannot maintain patches.
>
> Thanks,
> -Kame
>

OK, I will do that in the future. Anyway, do you want me to resend the
patch with new description?

Thanks.


--
Regards,
Namhyung Kim


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