Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 5 authors, 2011-02-04

Re: [patch 2/3] memcg: prevent endless loop when charging huge pages to near-limit group

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2011-02-01 00:25:10
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 01:04:55 +0100
Johannes Weiner [off-list ref] wrote:
Maybe it would be better to use res_counter_margin(cnt) >= wanted
throughout the code.
yup.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ static inline bool res_counter_check_under_limit(struct res_counter *cnt)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * res_counter_check_margin - check if the counter allows charging
+ * @cnt: the resource counter to check
+ * @bytes: the number of bytes to check the remaining space against
+ *
+ * Returns a boolean value on whether the counter can be charged
+ * @bytes or whether this would exceed the limit.
+ */
 static inline bool res_counter_check_margin(struct res_counter *cnt,
 					    unsigned long bytes)
 {
mem_cgroup_check_margin() needs some lipstick too.

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