From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx103.postini.com [74.125.245.103]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F38206B007E for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:49:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:49:30 -0700 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH -V3 0/8] memcg: Add memcg extension to control HugeTLB allocation Message-Id: <20120313144930.284228c4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1331622432-24683-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1331622432-24683-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, mgorman@suse.de, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, dhillf@gmail.com, aarcange@redhat.com, mhocko@suse.cz, hannes@cmpxchg.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:37:04 +0530 "Aneesh Kumar K.V" wrote: > This patchset implements a memory controller extension to control > HugeTLB allocations. Well, why? What are the use cases? Who is asking for this? Why do they need it and how will they use it? etcetera. Please explain, with some care, why you think we should add this feature to the kernel. So that others can assess whether the value it adds is worth the cost of adding and maintaining it. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org