On 12/04/2012 03:44 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:24:08 +0400 > Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> If memcg is tracking anything other than plain user memory (swap, tcp >> buf mem, or slab memory), it is possible - and normal - that a reference >> will be held by the group after it is dead. Still, for developers, it >> would be extremely useful to be able to query about those states during >> debugging. >> >> This patch provides a debugging facility in the root memcg, so we can >> inspect which memcgs still have pending objects, and what is the cause >> of this state. > > As this is a developer-only thing, I suggest that we should avoid > burdening mainline with it. How about we maintain this in -mm (and > hence in -next and mhocko's memcg tree) until we no longer see a need > for it? > I am absolutely fine with that. -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>