[Devel] Re: [patch00/05]: Containers(V2)- Introduction

Rohit Seth rohitseth at google.com
Wed Sep 20 10:50:57 PDT 2006


On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 03:00 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> (this time to the lists as well)
> 
> Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
>  > I'd much rather containterize the whole reclaim code, which should not
>  > be too hard since he already adds a container pointer to struct page.
> 
> 

Right now the memory handler in this container subsystem is written in
such a way that when existing kernel reclaimer kicks in, it will first
operate on those (container with pages over the limit) pages first.  But
in general I like the notion of containerizing the whole reclaim code.

>  > I still have to reread what Rohit does for file backed pages, that gave
>  > my head a spin.

Please let me know if there is any specific part that isn't making much
sense.

-rohit





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