Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] memcg: Low-limit reclaim

Michal Hocko
2014-06-03T11:10:03Z

On Wed 28-05-14 09:17:13, Greg Thelen wrote:
[...]
> My 2c... The following works for my use cases:
> 1) introduce memory.low_limit_in_bytes (default=0 thus no default change
> from older kernels)
> 2) interested users will set low_limit_in_bytes to non-zero value.
> Memory protected by low limit should be as migratable/reclaimable as
> mlock memory. If a zone full of mlock memory causes oom kills, then
> so should the low limit.

Would fallback mode in overcommit or the corner case situation break
your usecase?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs