Re: [patch 05/19] split LRU lists into anon & file sets

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-01-10T02:36:17Z

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:51:33 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> > > #define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE (0x1) /* charged as cache */
> > > #define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE (0x2) /* page is active in this cgroup */
> > > +#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE (0x4) /* page is file system backed */
> > >
> >
> > Now, we don't have control_type and a feature for accounting only CACHE.
> > Balbir-san, do you have some new plan ?
> >
>
> Hi, KAMEZAWA-San,
>
> The control_type feature is gone. We still have cached page
> accounting, but we do not allow control of only RSS pages anymore. We
> need to control both RSS+cached pages. I do not understand your
> question about new plan? Is it about adding back control_type?
>
Ah, just wanted to confirm that we can drop PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE
if page_file_cache() function and split-LRU is introduced.

Thanks you.

-Kame