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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>,
	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm, memcg: do not allow tasks to be attached with zero limit
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:29:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120308122951.2988ec4e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1203071914150.15244@chino.kir.corp.google.com>

On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:14:49 -0800 (PST)
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:

> This patch prevents tasks from being attached to a memcg if there is a
> hard limit of zero.

We're talking about the memcg's limit_in_bytes here, yes?

> Additionally, the hard limit may not be changed to
> zero if there are tasks attached.

hm, well...  why?  That would be user error, wouldn't it?  What is
special about limit_in_bytes=0?  The memcg will also be unviable if
limit_in_bytes=1, but we permit that.

IOW, confused.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-08 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-08  3:14 [patch] mm, memcg: do not allow tasks to be attached with zero limit David Rientjes
2012-03-08  3:14 ` David Rientjes
     [not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1203071914150.15244-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-08  6:15   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-08  6:15     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-08 20:29 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
     [not found]   ` <20120308122951.2988ec4e.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-09  1:22     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-09  1:22       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
     [not found]       ` <20120309102255.bbf94164.kamezawa.hiroyu-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-09  1:38         ` Andrew Morton
2012-03-09  1:38           ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]           ` <20120308173818.ae5f621b.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-09  1:57             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-09  1:57               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-13 16:51               ` Johannes Weiner
2012-03-14  9:42                 ` Michal Hocko

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