[Devel] Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 6/7] BC: kernel memory (core)

[Chandra Seetharaman]

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 18:58 +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> --- ./include/bc/beancounter.h.bckmem	2006-08-28 12:47:52.000000000 +0400
> +++ ./include/bc/beancounter.h	2006-08-28 12:59:28.000000000 +0400
> @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
>   *	Resource list.
>   */
>  
> -#define BC_RESOURCES	0
> +#define BC_KMEMSIZE	0
> +
> +#define BC_RESOURCES	1

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> --- ./kernel/bc/beancounter.c.bckmem	2006-08-28 12:52:11.000000000 +0400
> +++ ./kernel/bc/beancounter.c	2006-08-28 12:59:28.000000000 +0400
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static void init_beancounter_struct(stru
>  struct beancounter init_bc;
>  
>  const char *bc_rnames[] = {
> +	"kmemsize",	/* 0 */
>  };
>  
>  static struct hlist_head bc_hash[BC_HASH_SIZE];
> @@ -221,6 +222,8 @@ static void init_beancounter_syslimits(s
>  {
>  	int k;
>  
> +	bc->bc_parms[BC_KMEMSIZE].limit = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
> +
>  	for (k = 0; k < BC_RESOURCES; k++)
>  		bc->bc_parms[k].barrier = bc->bc_parms[k].limit;
>  }

As I mentioned in one of my earlier email
(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115619384500289&w=2),
IMHO, this way of defining an interface is not clean/clear (for
controller writers).

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