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From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] memcg: introduce per-memcg reclaim interface
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On Thu 31-03-22 10:25:23, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 08:41:51AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
[...]
> > - A similar per-node interface can also be added to support proactive
> >   reclaim and reclaim-based demotion in systems without memcg.
> 
> Maybe an option to specify a timeout? That might simplify the userspace part.

What do you mean by timeout here? Isn't
timeout $N echo $RECLAIM > ....

enough?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs