Re: [PATCH 00/10] memcg kmem limitation - slab.

Glauber Costa
2012-07-31T16:39:30Z

On 07/31/2012 08:30 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 06:38:11PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is the slab part of the kmem limitation mechanism in its last form. I
>> would like to have comments on it to see if we can agree in its form. I
>> consider it mature, since it doesn't change much in essence over the last
>> forms. However, I would still prefer to defer merging it and merge the
>> stack-only patchset first (even if inside the same merge window). That patchset
>> contains most of the infrastructure needed here, and merging them separately
>> would not only reduce the complexity for reviewers, but allow us a chance to
>> have independent testing on them both. I would also likely benefit from some
>> extra testing, to make sure the recent changes didn't introduce anything bad.
>
> What is the status of the stack-only limitation patchset BTW? Does anybody oppose
> to its merging?
>
> Thanks.
>
Andrew said he would like to see the slab patches in a relatively mature
state first.

I do believe they are in such a state. There are bugs, that I am working
on - but I don't see anything that would change them significantly at
this point.

If Andrew is happy with what he saw in this thread, I could post those
again.