From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> To: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, containers@lists.osdl.org, Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>, Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>, Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>, Ciju Rajan K <ciju@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:19:52 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20101029131952.1191023d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1288336154-23256-3-git-send-email-gthelen@google.com> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:09:05 -0700 Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> wrote: > Document cgroup dirty memory interfaces and statistics. > > > ... > > +When use_hierarchy=0, each cgroup has dirty memory usage and limits. > +System-wide dirty limits are also consulted. Dirty memory consumption is > +checked against both system-wide and per-cgroup dirty limits. > + > +The current implementation does enforce per-cgroup dirty limits when "does not", I trust. > +use_hierarchy=1. System-wide dirty limits are used for processes in such > +cgroups. Attempts to read memory.dirty_* files return the system-wide values. > +Writes to the memory.dirty_* files return error. An enhanced implementation is > +needed to check the chain of parents to ensure that no dirty limit is exceeded. > + > 6. Hierarchy support > > The memory controller supports a deep hierarchy and hierarchical accounting. > -- > 1.7.3.1 -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> To: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, containers@lists.osdl.org, Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>, Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>, Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>, Ciju Rajan K <ciju@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:19:52 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20101029131952.1191023d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1288336154-23256-3-git-send-email-gthelen@google.com> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:09:05 -0700 Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> wrote: > Document cgroup dirty memory interfaces and statistics. > > > ... > > +When use_hierarchy=0, each cgroup has dirty memory usage and limits. > +System-wide dirty limits are also consulted. Dirty memory consumption is > +checked against both system-wide and per-cgroup dirty limits. > + > +The current implementation does enforce per-cgroup dirty limits when "does not", I trust. > +use_hierarchy=1. System-wide dirty limits are used for processes in such > +cgroups. Attempts to read memory.dirty_* files return the system-wide values. > +Writes to the memory.dirty_* files return error. An enhanced implementation is > +needed to check the chain of parents to ensure that no dirty limit is exceeded. > + > 6. Hierarchy support > > The memory controller supports a deep hierarchy and hierarchical accounting. > -- > 1.7.3.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-29 20:19 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2010-10-29 7:09 [PATCH v4 00/11] memcg: per cgroup dirty page accounting Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] memcg: add page_cgroup flags for dirty page tracking Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] memcg: document cgroup dirty memory interfaces Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 11:03 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 11:03 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 21:35 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 21:35 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-30 3:02 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-30 3:02 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 20:19 ` Andrew Morton [this message] 2010-10-29 20:19 ` Andrew Morton 2010-10-29 21:37 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 21:37 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] memcg: create extensible page stat update routines Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-31 14:48 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-10-31 14:48 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-10-31 20:11 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-31 20:11 ` Greg Thelen 2010-11-01 20:16 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-11-01 20:16 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-11-02 19:35 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-11-02 19:35 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] memcg: add lock to synchronize page accounting and migration Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] writeback: create dirty_info structure Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:50 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:50 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-11-18 0:49 ` Andrew Morton 2010-11-18 0:49 ` Andrew Morton 2010-11-18 0:50 ` Andrew Morton 2010-11-18 0:50 ` Andrew Morton 2010-11-18 0:50 ` Andrew Morton 2010-11-18 2:02 ` Greg Thelen 2010-11-18 2:02 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] memcg: add dirty page accounting infrastructure Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 11:13 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 11:13 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 11:17 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 11:17 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] memcg: add kernel calls for memcg dirty page stats Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] memcg: add dirty limits to mem_cgroup Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:41 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:41 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 16:00 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 16:00 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] memcg: CPU hotplug lockdep warning fix Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 20:19 ` Andrew Morton 2010-10-29 20:19 ` Andrew Morton 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] memcg: add cgroupfs interface to memcg dirty limits Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:43 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:43 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] memcg: check memcg dirty limits in page writeback Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:09 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 7:48 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 7:48 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 2010-10-29 16:06 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-29 16:06 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-31 20:03 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-31 20:03 ` Wu Fengguang 2010-10-29 20:19 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] memcg: per cgroup dirty page accounting Andrew Morton 2010-10-29 20:19 ` Andrew Morton 2010-10-30 21:46 ` Greg Thelen 2010-10-30 21:46 ` Greg Thelen 2010-11-02 19:33 ` Ciju Rajan K 2010-11-02 19:33 ` Ciju Rajan K
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