Re: memcg: softlimit on internal nodes

[Michal Hocko <mhocko-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri 26-04-13 11:37:41, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 01:51:20PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > Maybe I should have been more explicit about this but _yes I do agree_
> > that a separate limit would work as well. I just do not want to
> 
> Heh, the point was more about what we shouldn't be doing, but, yeah,
> it's good that we at least agree on something.  :)
> 
> > Anyway, I will think about cons and pros of the new limit. I think we
> > shouldn't block the first 3 patches in the series which keep the current
> > semantic and just change the internals to do the same thing. Do you
> > agree?
> 
> As the merge window is coming right up, if it isn't something super
> urgent, can we please hold it off until after the merge window?  It
> would be really great if we can pin down the semantics of the knob
> before doing anything. 

I think that merging it into 3.10 would be too ambitious but I think
this core code cleanup makes sense for future discussions so I would
like to post it for -mm tree at least. The sooner it will be the better
IMHO.

> Please.  I'll think / study more about it in the coming weeks.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> tejun

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs