Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 15 May 2019 08:53:11 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/4] mm/ksm: add option to automerge VMAs |
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On Wed 15-05-19 08:25:23, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote: [...] > > > Please make sure to describe a usecase that warrants adding a new > > > interface we have to maintain for ever. > > I think of two major consumers of this interface: > > 1) hosts, that run containers, especially similar ones and especially in > a trusted environment; > > 2) heavy applications, that can be run in multiple instances, not > limited to opensource ones like Firefox, but also those that cannot be > modified.
This is way too generic. Please provide something more specific. Ideally with numbers. Why those usecases cannot use an existing interfaces. Remember you are trying to add a new user interface which we will have to maintain for ever.
I will try to comment on the interface itself later. But I have to say that I am not impressed. Abusing sysfs for per process features is quite gross to be honest.
-- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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