On Fri, 25 May 2012, Glauber Costa wrote: > index dacd1fb..4689034 100644 > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c > @@ -467,6 +467,23 @@ struct cg_proto *tcp_proto_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) > EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_proto_cgroup); > #endif /* CONFIG_INET */ > > +char *mem_cgroup_cache_name(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct kmem_cache *cachep) > +{ > + char *name; > + struct dentry *dentry; > + > + rcu_read_lock(); > + dentry = rcu_dereference(memcg->css.cgroup->dentry); > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + > + BUG_ON(dentry == NULL); > + > + name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s(%d:%s)", > + cachep->name, css_id(&memcg->css), dentry->d_name.name); > + > + return name; > +} Function allocates a string that is supposed to be disposed of by the caller. That needs to be documented and maybe even the name needs to reflect that. > --- a/mm/slub.c > +++ b/mm/slub.c > @@ -4002,6 +4002,38 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create); > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM > +struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_dup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, > + struct kmem_cache *s) > +{ > + char *name; > + struct kmem_cache *new; > + > + name = mem_cgroup_cache_name(memcg, s); > + if (!name) > + return NULL; > + > + new = kmem_cache_create_memcg(memcg, name, s->objsize, s->align, > + (s->allocflags & ~SLAB_PANIC), s->ctor); Hmmm... A full duplicate of the slab cache? We may have many sparsely used portions of the per node and per cpu structure as a result. > + * prevent it from being deleted. If kmem_cache_destroy() is > + * called for the root cache before we call it for a child cache, > + * it will be queued for destruction when we finally drop the > + * reference on the child cache. > + */ > + if (new) { > + down_write(&slub_lock); > + s->refcount++; > + up_write(&slub_lock); > + } Why do you need to increase the refcount? You made a full copy right? -- 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>