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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:47:53 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 0/7] cpuset writeback throttling
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:23:10 -0700 (PDT)
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:

> This is the revised cpuset writeback throttling patchset

I'm all confused about why this is a cpuset thing rather than a cgroups
thing.  What are the relationships here?

I mean, writeback throttling _should_ operate upon a control group
(more specifically: a memcg), yes?  I guess you're assuming a 1:1
relationship here?