From: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
devel@openvz.org, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] Add a __GFP_KMEMCG flag
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:08:32 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FE95FF0.3000300@parallels.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206252123230.26640@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
On 06/26/2012 08:25 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Glauber Costa wrote:
>
>> >This flag is used to indicate to the callees that this allocation will be
>> >serviced to the kernel. It is not supposed to be passed by the callers
>> >of kmem_cache_alloc, but rather by the cache core itself.
>> >
> Not sure what "serviced to the kernel" means, does this mean that the
> memory will not be accounted for to the root memcg?
>
In this context, it means that is a kernel allocation, not a userspace
one (but in process context, of course), *and* it is to be accounted a
specific memcg.
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Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-25 14:15 [PATCH 00/11] kmem controller for memcg: stripped down version Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 01/11] memcg: Make it possible to use the stock for more than one page Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <1340633728-12785-2-git-send-email-glommer-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 17:44 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-25 22:29 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 22:33 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-26 4:01 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 02/11] memcg: Reclaim when more than one page needed Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 23:33 ` Suleiman Souhlal
2012-06-26 8:39 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE9755B.1040905-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 16:16 ` Suleiman Souhlal
2012-06-26 4:09 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206252106430.26640-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 7:12 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE960D6.4040409-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 8:54 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-26 9:08 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 9:17 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-26 9:23 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-27 10:03 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FEADA55.4060409-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 19:48 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-27 20:47 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 03/11] memcg: change defines to an enum Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 4:11 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-26 8:28 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE972B2.1020509-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 9:01 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 04/11] kmem slab accounting basic infrastructure Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 4:22 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-26 7:09 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 05/11] Add a __GFP_KMEMCG flag Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 4:25 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-26 7:08 ` Glauber Costa [this message]
2012-06-26 9:03 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 06/11] memcg: kmem controller infrastructure Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <1340633728-12785-7-git-send-email-glommer-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 18:06 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-25 22:28 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 23:17 ` Andrew Morton
2012-06-26 14:40 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <20120625161720.ae13ae90.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 15:01 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE9CEBB.80108-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 18:01 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20120626110142.b7cf6d7c.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 18:08 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-26 18:14 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 19:20 ` Andrew Morton
2012-06-26 15:29 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 9:12 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206260210200.16020-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 9:17 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-27 4:01 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206262100320.24245-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 9:33 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-27 19:46 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 07/11] mm: Allocate kernel pages to the right memcg Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 18:07 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-25 22:27 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 08/11] memcg: disable kmem code when not in use Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 5:51 ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 09/11] memcg: propagate kmem limiting information to children Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 18:29 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120625182907.GF3869-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 22:36 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE8E7EB.2020804-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 22:49 ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-25 23:21 ` Andrew Morton
2012-06-26 5:23 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 23:23 ` Andrew Morton
2012-06-26 5:24 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206252224350.30072-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 5:31 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20120625223136.86ebee05.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 7:23 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 10/11] memcg: allow a memcg with kmem charges to be destructed Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 18:34 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120625183442.GG3869-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 22:25 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 5:59 ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
[not found] ` <4FE94FDC.7070105-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 7:21 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 14:15 ` [PATCH 11/11] protect architectures where THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE against fork bombs Glauber Costa
2012-06-25 16:55 ` Frederic Weisbecker
[not found] ` <4FE89807.50708-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 18:38 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120625183818.GH3869-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-25 20:57 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2012-06-26 12:48 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE9AF88.5070803-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 13:38 ` Frederic Weisbecker
[not found] ` <20120626133838.GA11519-oHC15RC7JGTpAmv0O++HtFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 13:37 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE9BB25.60905-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 13:44 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2012-06-26 4:57 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206252157000.30072-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 5:35 ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2012-06-26 7:23 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE96358.6080601-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 8:45 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206260143450.16020-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 8:44 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-26 9:05 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-25 23:27 ` [PATCH 00/11] kmem controller for memcg: stripped down version Andrew Morton
2012-06-26 7:17 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <4FE9621D.2050002-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-26 21:55 ` Andrew Morton
2012-06-27 1:08 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206261804160.11287-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 8:39 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <20120626145539.eeeab909.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 9:29 ` Fork bomb limitation in memcg WAS: " Glauber Costa
2012-06-27 12:29 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2012-06-27 12:28 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-27 12:35 ` Frederic Weisbecker
[not found] ` <4FEAD260.4000603-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-06-27 19:38 ` David Rientjes
2012-06-28 9:01 ` Glauber Costa
2012-06-28 22:25 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20120628152540.cc13a735.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-03 11:38 ` Glauber Costa
2012-07-12 15:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2012-08-07 13:59 ` Glauber Costa
[not found] ` <50211F3D.2000008-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-08 14:15 ` Glauber Costa
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