Re: [PATCH 0/4] swapcgroup(v2)

[Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura-YQH0OdQVrdy45+QrQBaojngSJqDPrsil@public.gmane.org>]

Hi.

On 2008/05/23 6:27 +0900, Balbir Singh wrote:
> Daisuke Nishimura wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I updated my swapcgroup patch.
>>
>> Major changes from previous version(*1):
>> - Rebased on 2.6.26-rc2-mm1 + KAMEZAWA-san's performance
>>   improvement patchset v4.
>> - Implemented as a add-on to memory cgroup.
>>   So, there is no need to add a new member to page_cgroup now.
>> - (NEW)Modified vm_swap_full() to calculate the rate of
>>   swap usage per cgroup.
>>
>> Patchs:
>> - [1/4] add cgroup files
>> - [2/4] add member to swap_info_struct for cgroup
>> - [3/4] implement charge/uncharge
>> - [4/4] modify vm_swap_full for cgroup
>>
>> ToDo:
>> - handle force_empty.
>> - make it possible for users to select if they use
>>   this feature or not, and avoid overhead for users
>>   not using this feature.
>> - move charges along with task move between cgroups.
>>
> 
> Thanks for looking into this. Yamamoto-San is also looking into a swap
> controller. Is there a consensus on the approach?
> 
Not yet, but I think we should have some consensus each other
before going further.


Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.