Re: [PATCH 06/10] cgroup: convert memcg controller to the new cftypeinterface

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:44:44 EST


(2012/03/20 1:10), Tejun Heo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 01:26:02PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>>> +CGROUP_SUBSYS_CFTYPES_COND(mem_cgroup_subsys, memsw_cgroup_files,
>>> + really_do_swap_account);
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry but why you use really_do_swap_account instead of do_swap_account ?
>
> Because do_swap_account is initialized too late.
> CGROUP_SUBSYS_CFTYPES() are processed via fs_initcall(). AFAICS,
> do_swap_account may not have been initialized by then. Also, if memcg
> as whole is disabled, it doesn't matter whether those files are
> registered or not, right? We probably need some comment there tho.
>


I think creating file based on really_do_swap_account is wrong.
(I'm sorry for this complication.)

How about creating this file unconditionally ? Returning -ENOTSUP in memcg's
handler will work well...anyway it's configured, no reason to show them is bad.

Thanks,
-Kame

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