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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] vmpressure: implement strict mode
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:17:12 -0400 Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> wrote:

> Currently, an eventfd is notified for the level it's registered for
> _plus_ higher levels.
>
> This is a problem if an application wants to implement different
> actions for different levels. For example, an application might want
> to release 10% of its cache on level low, 50% on medium and 100% on
> critical. To do this, an application has to register a different
> eventfd for each pressure level. However, fd low is always going to
> be notified and and all fds are going to be notified on level critical.
>
> Strict mode solves this problem by strictly notifiying an eventfd
> for the pressure level it registered for. This new mode is optional,
> by default we still notify eventfds on higher levels too.
>

It didn't take long for this simple interface to start getting ugly :(
And having the fd operate in different modes is ugly.

Can we instead pass the level in the event payload?



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