Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] memcg: simply lock of page stat accounting

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On Wed 15-05-13 16:35:08, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Sha Zhengju wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This is my second attempt to make memcg page stat lock simpler, the
> >first version: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg50037.html.
> >
> >In this version I investigate the potential race conditions among
> >page stat, move_account, charge, uncharge and try to prove it race
> >safe of my proposing lock scheme. The first patch is the basis of
> >the patchset, so if I've made some stupid mistake please do not
> >hesitate to point it out.
> 
> I have a provocational question. Who needs these numbers? I mean
> per-cgroup nr_mapped and so on.

Well, I guess it makes some sense to know how much page cache and anon
memory is charged to the group. I am using that to monitor the per-group
memory usage. I can imagine a even better coverage - something
/proc/meminfo like.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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