Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: introduce process_reap system call
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Date: 2021-07-07 12:38:47
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On Mon 05-07-21 09:41:54, David Hildenbrand wrote:
On 02.07.21 17:27, Christian Brauner wrote:
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That one was my favorite from the list I gave too but maybe we can satisfy Andy too if we use one of: - process_mfree() - process_mrelease()FWIW, I tend to like process_mrelease(), due to the implied "release" ("free the memory if there are no other references") semantics.
Agreed.
Further, a new syscall feels cleaner than some magic sysfs/procfs toggle. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah, proc based interface is both tricky to use and kinda ugly now that pidfd can solve all at in once. My original preference was a more generic kill syscall to allow flags but a dedicated syscall doesn't look really bad either. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs