On Fri 16-03-12 23:09:24, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 6728a7a..4b36c5e 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
[...]
> @@ -4887,6 +5013,7 @@ err_cleanup:
>  static struct cgroup_subsys_state * __ref
>  mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>  {
> +	int idx;
>  	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *parent;
>  	long error = -ENOMEM;
>  	int node;
> @@ -4929,9 +5056,14 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>  		 * mem_cgroup(see mem_cgroup_put).
>  		 */
>  		mem_cgroup_get(parent);
> +		for (idx = 0; idx < HUGE_MAX_HSTATE; idx++)
> +			res_counter_init(&memcg->hugepage[idx],
> +					 &parent->hugepage[idx]);

Hmm, I do not think we want to make groups deeper in the hierarchy
unlimited as we cannot reclaim. Shouldn't we copy the limit from the parent?
Still not ideal but slightly more expected behavior IMO.

The hierarchy setups are still interesting and the limitations should be
described in the documentation...

>  	} else {
>  		res_counter_init(&memcg->res, NULL);
>  		res_counter_init(&memcg->memsw, NULL);
> +		for (idx = 0; idx < HUGE_MAX_HSTATE; idx++)
> +			res_counter_init(&memcg->hugepage[idx], NULL);
>  	}
>  	memcg->last_scanned_node = MAX_NUMNODES;
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&memcg->oom_notify);
-- 
Michal Hocko
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