Re: [PATCH] vmpressure: implement strict mode

[Anton Vorontsov <anton@enomsg.org>]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 04:50:51PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 05:51:29PM -0400, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > Currently, applications are notified for the level they registered for
> > _plus_ higher levels.
> > 
> > This is a problem if the application wants to implement different
> > actions for different levels. For example, an application might want
> > to release 10% of its cache on level low, 50% on medium and 100% on
> > critical. To do this, the application has to register a different fd
> > for each event. However, fd low is always going to be notified and
> > and all fds are going to be notified on level critical.
> > 
> > Strict mode solves this problem by strictly notifiying the event
> > an fd has registered for. It's optional. By default we still notify
> > on higher levels.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> 
> Shouldn't we make this default?
> What do you think about it?

Either way works and both modes have their use-cases (as I have described
in my previous mail). Changing the default mode is just unneeded churn,
IMO. As long as things are documented properly, we are good. :)

Thanks,

Anton

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