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-rw-r--r--Documentation/controllers/memory.txt8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/memcontrol.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm_types.h4
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig30
-rw-r--r--mm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c4
8 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt
index fba6af45225..866b9cd9a95 100644
--- a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Memory Controller
+Memory Resource Controller
+
+NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has been generically been referred
+to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller
+used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.
Salient features
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ The memory controller uses the following hierarchy
a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
-c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
1. Prepare the cgroups
# mkdir -p /cgroups
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
index ac6aad98b60..1ddebfc5256 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SUBSYS(cpuacct)
/* */
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
SUBSYS(mem_cgroup)
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 04075628cb9..a8be8073b9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct page_cgroup;
struct page;
struct mm_struct;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
extern void mm_init_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p);
extern void mm_free_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ extern long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_active(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
extern long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_inactive(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
struct zone *zone, int priority);
-#else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT */
+#else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR */
static inline void mm_init_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct task_struct *p)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 34023c65d46..af190ceab97 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct page {
void *virtual; /* Kernel virtual address (NULL if
not kmapped, ie. highmem) */
#endif /* WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL */
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
unsigned long page_cgroup;
#endif
};
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
/* aio bits */
rwlock_t ioctx_list_lock;
struct kioctx *ioctx_list;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
#endif
};
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f698a5af500..442850b984b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -366,6 +366,21 @@ config RESOURCE_COUNTERS
infrastructure that works with cgroups
depends on CGROUPS
+config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
+ bool "Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups"
+ depends on CGROUPS && RESOURCE_COUNTERS
+ help
+ Provides a memory resource controller that manages both page cache and
+ RSS memory.
+
+ Note that setting this option increases fixed memory overhead
+ associated with each page of memory in the system by 4/8 bytes
+ and also increases cache misses because struct page on many 64bit
+ systems will not fit into a single cache line anymore.
+
+ Only enable when you're ok with these trade offs and really
+ sure you need the memory resource controller.
+
config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
bool "Create deprecated sysfs files"
depends on SYSFS
@@ -387,21 +402,6 @@ config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
If you are using a distro that was released in 2006 or later,
it should be safe to say N here.
-config CGROUP_MEM_CONT
- bool "Memory controller for cgroups"
- depends on CGROUPS && RESOURCE_COUNTERS
- help
- Provides a memory controller that manages both page cache and
- RSS memory.
-
- Note that setting this option increases fixed memory overhead
- associated with each page of memory in the system by 4/8 bytes
- and also increases cache misses because struct page on many 64bit
- systems will not fit into a single cache line anymore.
-
- Only enable when you're ok with these trade offs and really
- sure you need the memory controller.
-
config PROC_PID_CPUSET
bool "Include legacy /proc/<pid>/cpuset file"
depends on CPUSETS
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 9f117bab532..a5b0dd93427 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FS_XIP) += filemap_xip.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MIGRATION) += migrate.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += allocpercpu.o
obj-$(CONFIG_QUICKLIST) += quicklist.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT) += memcontrol.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR) += memcontrol.o
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 4194b9db010..44b2da11bf4 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
return oom_kill_task(p);
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
unsigned long points = 0;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a26dabd62fe..106ba10e1ac 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
#define scan_global_lru(sc) (!(sc)->mem_cgroup)
#else
#define scan_global_lru(sc) (1)
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
return do_try_to_free_pages(zones, gfp_mask, &sc);
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
gfp_t gfp_mask)