Re: [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction

Rohit Seth
2006-09-20T17:50:57Z

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 03:00 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> (this time to the lists as well)
>
> Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> > I'd much rather containterize the whole reclaim code, which should not
> > be too hard since he already adds a container pointer to struct page.
>
>

Right now the memory handler in this container subsystem is written in
such a way that when existing kernel reclaimer kicks in, it will first
operate on those (container with pages over the limit) pages first. But
in general I like the notion of containerizing the whole reclaim code.

> > I still have to reread what Rohit does for file backed pages, that gave
> > my head a spin.

Please let me know if there is any specific part that isn't making much
sense.

-rohit