Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/5] memcg: drain per cpu stock

Balbir Singh
2009-08-31T11:11:49Z

* KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> [2009-08-28 13:28:09]:

>
> Add function for dropping per-cpu stock of charges.
> This is called when
> - cpu is unplugged.
> - force_empty
> - recalim seems to be not easy.
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>

The complexity of this patch and additional code make percpu_counter
more attractive. Why not work on percpu_counter if that is not as good
as we expect it to be and in turn help other exploiters as well.
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Balbir