From: David Gibson <dwg-8fk3Idey6ehBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V"
<aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2 0/9] memcg: add HugeTLB resource tracking
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:38:09 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120306023809.GF12818@truffala.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fwdodyr0.fsf-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 11:39:23PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:28:53 +1100, David Gibson <dwg-8fk3Idey6ehBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 02:40:29PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:46:11 +0530
> > > "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > This patchset implements a memory controller extension to control
> > > > HugeTLB allocations. It is similar to the existing hugetlb quota
> > > > support in that, the limit is enforced at mmap(2) time and not at
> > > > fault time. HugeTLB's quota mechanism limits the number of huge pages
> > > > that can allocated per superblock.
> > > >
> > > > For shared mappings we track the regions mapped by a task along with the
> > > > memcg. We keep the memory controller charged even after the task
> > > > that did mmap(2) exits. Uncharge happens during truncate. For Private
> > > > mappings we charge and uncharge from the current task cgroup.
> > >
> > > I haven't begin to get my head around this yet, but I'd like to draw
> > > your attention to https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/15/548. That fix has
> > > been hanging around for a while, but I haven't done anything with it
> > > yet because I don't like its additional blurring of the separation
> > > between hugetlb core code and hugetlbfs. I want to find time to sit
> > > down and see if the fix can be better architected but haven't got
> > > around to that yet.
> >
> > So.. that version of the fix I specifically rebuilt to address your
> > concerns about that blurring - in fact I think it reduces the current
> > layer blurring. I haven't had any reply - what problems do see it as
> > still having?
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/16/179 ?
Ah. Missed that reply somehow. Odd. Replied now and I'll respin
accordingly.
> That is a serious issue isn't it ?
Yes, it is. And it's been around for a long, long time.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-06 2:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-01 9:16 [PATCH -V2 0/9] memcg: add HugeTLB resource tracking Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 1/9] mm: move hugetlbfs region tracking function to common code Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1330593380-1361-2-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-01 22:33 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20120301143345.7e928efe.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-04 17:37 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 2/9] mm: Update region function to take new data arg Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 3/9] hugetlbfs: Use the generic region API and drop local one Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 4/9] memcg: Add non reclaim resource tracking to memcg Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-02 8:38 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
[not found] ` <20120302173816.9796f243.kamezawa.hiroyu-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-04 18:07 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <87ipikdyud.fsf-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-08 5:56 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-08 11:48 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 5/9] hugetlbfs: Add memory controller support for shared mapping Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 6/9] hugetlbfs: Add memory controller support for private mapping Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1330593380-1361-7-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-17 23:16 ` Darrick J. Wong
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 7/9] memcg: track resource index in cftype private Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 8/9] hugetlbfs: Add memcg control files for hugetlbfs Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 9:16 ` [PATCH -V2 9/9] memcg: Add memory controller documentation for hugetlb management Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-01 22:40 ` [PATCH -V2 0/9] memcg: add HugeTLB resource tracking Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20120301144029.545a5589.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-02 3:28 ` David Gibson
2012-03-04 18:09 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <87fwdodyr0.fsf-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 2:38 ` David Gibson [this message]
2012-03-04 19:15 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2012-03-05 13:56 ` Hillf Danton
2012-03-06 14:05 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
[not found] ` <1330593380-1361-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-02 5:48 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-04 18:14 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
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