Re: [PATCH v8 3/9] socket: initial cgroup code.

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Thu Dec 08 2011 - 20:50:23 EST


On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:34:57 -0200
Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The goal of this work is to move the memory pressure tcp
> controls to a cgroup, instead of just relying on global
> conditions.
>
> To avoid excessive overhead in the network fast paths,
> the code that accounts allocated memory to a cgroup is
> hidden inside a static_branch(). This branch is patched out
> until the first non-root cgroup is created. So when nobody
> is using cgroups, even if it is mounted, no significant performance
> penalty should be seen.
>
> This patch handles the generic part of the code, and has nothing
> tcp-specific.
>
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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