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SubjectRe: memory resource accounting (was Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/5] Going forward with Resource Management - A cpu controller)
FromAndi Kleen <>
Date09 Aug 2006 06:33:54 +0200
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> writes:
> 
> - each struct page has a backpointer to its billed container. At the mm
>    summit Linus said he didn't want back pointers, but I clarified with him
>    and he isn't against them if they are easily configured out when not using
>    memory controllers.

This would need to be done at runtime though, otherwise it's useless
for distributions and other people who want single kernel binary images.

Probably would need a second parallel table, but for that you would
need to know at boot already if you plan to use them or not. Ugly.

-Andi
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