On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:33:13AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 10:53 AM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> >The reclaim code has a single predicate for whether it currently
> >reclaims on behalf of a memory cgroup, as well as whether it is
> >reclaiming from the global LRU list or a memory cgroup LRU list.
> >
> >Up to now, both cases always coincide, but subsequent patches will
> >change things such that global reclaim will scan memory cgroup lists.
> >
> >This patch adds a new predicate that tells global reclaim from memory
> >cgroup reclaim, and then changes all callsites that are actually about
> >global reclaim heuristics rather than strict LRU list selection.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner<hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > mm/vmscan.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> > 1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> >index f6b435c..ceeb2a5 100644
> >--- a/mm/vmscan.c
> >+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> >@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ struct scan_control {
> > */
> > reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode;
> >
> >- /* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
> >- struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
> >+ /*
> >+ * The memory cgroup we reclaim on behalf of, and the one we
> >+ * are currently reclaiming from.
> >+ */
> >+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> >+ struct mem_cgroup *current_memcg;
>
> I can't say I'm fond of these names. I had to read the
> rest of the patch to figure out that the old mem_cgroup
> got renamed to current_memcg.
To clarify: sc->memcg will be the memcg that hit the hard limit and is
the main target of this reclaim invocation. current_memcg is the
iterator over the hierarchy below the target.
I realize this change in particular was placed a bit unfortunate in
terms of understanding in the series, I just wanted to keep out the
mem_cgroup to current_memcg renaming out of the next patch. There is
probably a better way, I'll fix it up and improve the comment.
> Would it be better to call them my_memcg and reclaim_memcg?
>
> Maybe somebody else has better suggestions...
Yes, suggestions welcome. I'm not too fond of the naming, either.
> Other than the naming, no objection.
Thanks, Rik.
Hannes
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