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SubjectRe: [PATCH next-20130703] net: sock: Add ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM for mem_cgroup_sockets_{init,destroy}
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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Wed 03-07-13 17:53:21, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> wrote:
>> > On Wed 03-07-13 20:51:00, Li Zefan wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> [PATCH] memcg: fix build error if CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM=n
>> >>
>> >> Fix this build error:
>> >>
>> >> mm/built-in.o: In function `mem_cgroup_css_free':
>> >> memcontrol.c:(.text+0x5caa6): undefined reference to
>> >> 'mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy'
>> >>
>> >> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
>> >> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
>> >
>> > I am seeing the same thing I just didn't get to reporting it.
>> > The other approach is not bad as well but I find this tiny better
>> > because mem_cgroup_css_free should care only about a single cleanup
>> > function for whole kmem. If that one needs to do tcp kmem specific
>> > cleanup then it should be done inside kmem_cgroup_css_offline.
>> >
>>
>> As said in my other mail, for me this makes sense as it is a followup.
>>
>> But, still I don't know why sock.c has is own mem_cgroup_sockets_{init,destroy}.
>
> That is the only definition AFAICS (except for !CONFIG_NET where it
> expands to NOOP). Please note that memcg_init_kmem is a common kmem
> initializator and it needs to be prepared for !CONFIG_NET.
>
> The same applies to _destroy.
> Makes more sense now?
>

So, that stuff comes originally from the net-tree.

I understand the !CONFIG_NET case, but lack the understanding why
memcontrol.c needs _destroy.
Can you explain that (sorry /me is no mm-geek)?

- Sedat -

[1] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/net/core/sock.c?id=next-20130703#n147
[2] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/include/net/sock.h?id=next-20130703#n73

> [...]
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs


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