Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] mm: pages for hugetlb's overcommit may be able to charge to memcg

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On 2018/05/24 22:24, Michal Hocko wrote
[...]> I do not see anything like that. adjust_pool_surplus is simply and
> accounting thing. At least the last time I've checked. Maybe your
> patchset handles that?

As you said, my patch did not consider handling when manipulating the
pool. And even if that handling is done well, it will not be a valid
reason to charge surplus hugepage to memcg.

[...]
>> Absolutely you are saying the right thing, but, for example, can mlock(2)ed
>> pages be swapped out by reclaim?(What is the difference between mlock(2)ed
>> pages and hugetlb page?)
> 
> No mlocked pages cannot be reclaimed and that is why we restrict them to
> a relatively small amount.

I understood the concept of memcg.

[...]
> Fatal? Not sure. It simply tries to add an alien memory to the memcg
> concept so I would pressume an unexpected behavior (e.g. not being able
> to reclaim memcg or, over reclaim, trashing etc.).

As you said, it must be an alien. Thanks to the interaction up to here,
I understood that my solution is inappropriate. I will look for another
way.

Thank you for your kind explanation.

-- 
Thanks,
Tsukada


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