Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] memcg: add cgroupfs interface to memcg dirty limits

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On 03/11/2011 01:43 PM, Greg Thelen wrote:
Add cgroupfs interface to memcg dirty page limits:
   Direct write-out is controlled with:
   - memory.dirty_ratio
   - memory.dirty_limit_in_bytes

   Background write-out is controlled with:
   - memory.dirty_background_ratio
   - memory.dirty_background_limit_bytes


What's the overlap, if any, with the current memory limits controlled by `memory.limit_in_bytes` and the above `memory.dirty_limit_in_bytes`? If I want to fairly balance memory between two cgroups be one a dirty page antagonist (dd) and the other an anonymous page (memcache), do I just set `memory.limit_in_bytes`? Does this patch simply provide a more granular level of control of the dirty limits?


Thanks,

Mike

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