Balbir Singh wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: >>> + nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zones, sc); >>> + if (sc->cnt == NULL) >>> + shrink_slab(sc->nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages); >> We don't we shrink slab if called to shrink a container. >> >> This is a fundamental design decision, and a design shortcoming. A full >> discussion of this is absolutely appropriate to the patch changelog. >> Please don't just hide stuff like this in the patch and leave people >> wondering, or ignorant. > > Yes, we don't because we do not account for slab usage right now. We account > only for memory allocated to user space. A good fat comment will help here. > >
I have already added the comment. But the problem is not in that we do not account for kernel memory. Shrinking slabs won't unmap any pages from user-space and thus won't help user to charge more. This will only make kernel suffer from re-creation of objects. Thanks, Pavel. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
