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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>,
	akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org,
	vdavydov-5HdwGun5lf+gSpxsJD1C4w@public.gmane.org,
	tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
	cgroups-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory on unified hierarchy
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 12:45:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106174517.GA9315@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151106164657.GL4390-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 05:46:57PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> The basic problem was that the Delegate feature has been backported to
> our systemd package without further consideration and that has
> invalidated a lot of performance testing because some resource
> controllers have measurable effects on those benchmarks.

You're talking about a userspace bug. No amount of fragmenting and
layering and opt-in in the kernel's runtime configuration space is
going to help you if you screw up and enable it all by accident.

> > All I read here is vague inflammatory language to spread FUD.
> 
> I was merely pointing out that memory controller might be enabled without
> _user_ actually even noticing because the controller wasn't enabled
> explicitly. I haven't blamed anybody for that.

Why does that have anything to do with how we design our interface?

We can't do more than present a sane interface in good faith and lobby
userspace projects if we think they misuse it.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, vdavydov@virtuozzo.com, tj@kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory on unified hierarchy
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 12:45:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106174517.GA9315@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151106164657.GL4390@dhcp22.suse.cz>

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 05:46:57PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> The basic problem was that the Delegate feature has been backported to
> our systemd package without further consideration and that has
> invalidated a lot of performance testing because some resource
> controllers have measurable effects on those benchmarks.

You're talking about a userspace bug. No amount of fragmenting and
layering and opt-in in the kernel's runtime configuration space is
going to help you if you screw up and enable it all by accident.

> > All I read here is vague inflammatory language to spread FUD.
> 
> I was merely pointing out that memory controller might be enabled without
> _user_ actually even noticing because the controller wasn't enabled
> explicitly. I haven't blamed anybody for that.

Why does that have anything to do with how we design our interface?

We can't do more than present a sane interface in good faith and lobby
userspace projects if we think they misuse it.

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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, vdavydov@virtuozzo.com, tj@kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory on unified hierarchy
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 12:45:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106174517.GA9315@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151106164657.GL4390@dhcp22.suse.cz>

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 05:46:57PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> The basic problem was that the Delegate feature has been backported to
> our systemd package without further consideration and that has
> invalidated a lot of performance testing because some resource
> controllers have measurable effects on those benchmarks.

You're talking about a userspace bug. No amount of fragmenting and
layering and opt-in in the kernel's runtime configuration space is
going to help you if you screw up and enable it all by accident.

> > All I read here is vague inflammatory language to spread FUD.
> 
> I was merely pointing out that memory controller might be enabled without
> _user_ actually even noticing because the controller wasn't enabled
> explicitly. I haven't blamed anybody for that.

Why does that have anything to do with how we design our interface?

We can't do more than present a sane interface in good faith and lobby
userspace projects if we think they misuse it.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-06 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 156+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-22  4:21 [PATCH 0/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory in unified hierarchy Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21 ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm: page_counter: let page_counter_try_charge() return bool Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-23 11:31   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 11:31     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 2/8] mm: memcontrol: export root_mem_cgroup Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-23 11:32   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 11:32     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 3/8] net: consolidate memcg socket buffer tracking and accounting Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22 18:46   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:46     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:46     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 19:09     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22 19:09       ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-23 13:42       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-23 13:42         ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-23 13:42         ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-23 12:38   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 12:38     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm: memcontrol: prepare for unified hierarchy socket accounting Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-23 12:39   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 12:39     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 5/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory on unified hierarchy Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22 18:47   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:47     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:47     ` Vladimir Davydov
     [not found]   ` <1445487696-21545-6-git-send-email-hannes-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-23 13:19     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 13:19       ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 13:19       ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]       ` <20151023131956.GA15375-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-23 13:59         ` David Miller
2015-10-23 13:59           ` David Miller
2015-10-23 13:59           ` David Miller
2015-10-26 16:56           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-26 16:56             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 12:26             ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-27 12:26               ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]               ` <20151027122647.GG9891-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-27 13:49                 ` David Miller
2015-10-27 13:49                   ` David Miller
2015-10-27 13:49                   ` David Miller
2015-10-27 15:41                 ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 15:41                   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 15:41                   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 16:15                   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-27 16:15                     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-27 16:42                     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 16:42                       ` Johannes Weiner
     [not found]                       ` <20151027164227.GB7749-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-28  0:45                         ` David Miller
2015-10-28  0:45                           ` David Miller
2015-10-28  0:45                           ` David Miller
2015-10-28  3:05                           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-28  3:05                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29 15:25                       ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-29 15:25                         ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]                         ` <20151029152546.GG23598-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-29 16:10                           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29 16:10                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29 16:10                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-04 10:42                             ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-04 10:42                               ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]                               ` <20151104104239.GG29607-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-04 19:50                                 ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-04 19:50                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-04 19:50                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 14:40                                   ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 14:40                                     ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 16:16                                     ` David Miller
2015-11-05 16:16                                       ` David Miller
     [not found]                                       ` <20151105.111609.1695015438589063316.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-05 16:28                                         ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 16:28                                           ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 16:28                                           ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 16:30                                           ` David Miller
2015-11-05 16:30                                             ` David Miller
     [not found]                                           ` <20151105162803.GD15111-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-05 22:32                                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 22:32                                               ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 22:32                                               ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 12:51                                               ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 12:51                                                 ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-05 20:55                                     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 20:55                                       ` Johannes Weiner
     [not found]                                       ` <20151105205522.GA1067-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-05 22:52                                         ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 22:52                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-05 22:52                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 10:57                                           ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 10:57                                             ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 16:19                                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 16:19                                               ` Johannes Weiner
     [not found]                                               ` <20151106161953.GA7813-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-06 16:46                                                 ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 16:46                                                   ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 16:46                                                   ` Michal Hocko
     [not found]                                                   ` <20151106164657.GL4390-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-06 17:45                                                     ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2015-11-06 17:45                                                       ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 17:45                                                       ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-07  3:45                                                   ` David Miller
2015-11-07  3:45                                                     ` David Miller
2015-11-12 18:36                                                 ` Mel Gorman
2015-11-12 18:36                                                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-11-12 18:36                                                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-11-12 19:12                                                   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-12 19:12                                                     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06  9:05                                         ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-06  9:05                                           ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-06  9:05                                           ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-06  9:05                                           ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-06 13:29                                           ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 13:29                                             ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 16:35                                           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 16:35                                             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-06 13:21                                       ` Michal Hocko
2015-11-06 13:21                                         ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 6/8] mm: vmscan: simplify memcg vs. global shrinker invocation Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-23 13:26   ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 13:26     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 7/8] mm: vmscan: report vmpressure at the level of reclaim activity Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
     [not found]   ` <1445487696-21545-8-git-send-email-hannes-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-10-22 18:48     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:48       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:48       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:48       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-23 13:49     ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 13:49       ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-23 13:49       ` Michal Hocko
2015-10-22  4:21 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm: memcontrol: hook up vmpressure to socket pressure Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22  4:21   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-22 18:57   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:57     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:57     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:45 ` [PATCH 0/8] mm: memcontrol: account socket memory in unified hierarchy Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:45   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-22 18:45   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-26 17:22   ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-26 17:22     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-26 17:22     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-26 17:22     ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27  8:43     ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-27  8:43       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-27  8:43       ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-27 16:01       ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-27 16:01         ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-28  8:20         ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-28  8:20           ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-28  8:20           ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-28 18:58           ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-28 18:58             ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29  9:27             ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-29  9:27               ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-29  9:27               ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-10-29 17:52               ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29 17:52                 ` Johannes Weiner
2015-10-29 17:52                 ` Johannes Weiner
2015-11-02 14:47                 ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-02 14:47                   ` Vladimir Davydov
2015-11-02 14:47                   ` Vladimir Davydov

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