On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 09:57:03AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > (2012/04/12 23:30), Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > > > 2012/4/12 Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> On 04/12/2012 08:20 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > >>> > >>> This function is used for moving accounting information to its > >>> parent in the hierarchy of res_counter. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Frederic has a patch in his fork cgroup series, that allows you to > >> uncharge a counter until you reach a specific ancestor. > >> You pass the parent as a parameter, and then only you gets uncharged. > > > > I'm missing the referring patchset from Kamezawa. Ok I'm going to > > subscribe to the > > cgroup mailing list. Meanwhile perhaps would it be nice to keep Cc > > LKML for cgroup patches? > > > > Ah, sorry. I will do next time. > > > Some comments below: > > > >> > >> I think that is a much better interface than this you are proposing. > >> We should probably merge that patch and use it. > >> > >>> --- > >>> include/linux/res_counter.h | 3 +++ > >>> kernel/res_counter.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > >>> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h > >>> index da81af0..8919d3c 100644 > >>> --- a/include/linux/res_counter.h > >>> +++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h > >>> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ int __must_check res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter, > >>> void res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val); > >>> void res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val); > >>> > >>> +/* move resource to parent counter...i.e. just forget accounting in a child */ > >>> +void res_counter_move_parent(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val); > >>> + > >>> /** > >>> * res_counter_margin - calculate chargeable space of a counter > >>> * @cnt: the counter > >>> diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c > >>> index d508363..fafebf0 100644 > >>> --- a/kernel/res_counter.c > >>> +++ b/kernel/res_counter.c > >>> @@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ void res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val) > >>> local_irq_restore(flags); > >>> } > >>> > >>> +/* > >>> + * In hierarchical accounting, child's usage is accounted into ancestors. > >>> + * To move local usage to its parent, just forget current level usage. > > > > The way I understand this comment and the changelog matches the opposite > > of what the below function is doing. > > > > The function charges a child and ignore all its parents. The comments says it > > charges the parents but not the child. > > > > > Sure, I'll fix...and look into your code first. > "uncharge a counter until you reach a specific ancestor"... > Is it in linux-next ? No, it's part of the task counter so it's still out of tree. You were Cc'ed but if you can't find it in your inbox I can resend it: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.containers/22378 Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>