Re: [PATCH 14/19] mm: Introduce a cgroup for pinned memory

[Alistair Popple]

Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 08:00:54PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
>> If it should not be part of the memcg, does it make sense to make it a
>> resource in the existing misc controller? I believe we don't want a
>> proliferation of new cgroup controllers.
>
> Yeah, if it's gonna be an independent knob, I suppose so, but I really think
> the locked accounting should be tied to the page, which mostly likely would
> mean that it'd be tied to the page ownership too making its natural place
> memcg.

Yes, I think it might be possible. I looked briefly at doing it when
initially developing the series but I would like to resolve the question
of independent knob vs. memcg before heading too far down either path.

> Thanks.