Re: [PATCH] String conversions for memory policy

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

> > > This piece here only does conversion to a string representation so it 
> > > should not be affected by locking issues. Processes need to do proper 
> > > locking when using the conversion functions.
> > 
> > It's useless.
> 
> So your point of view is that there will be no control and monitoring of 
> the memory usage and policies?

External control is implemented for named objects and for process policy.
A process can also monitor its own policies if it wants.

I think the payoff for external monitoring of policies vs complexity 
and cleanliness of interface and long term code impact is too bad to make 
it an attractive option.


-Andi

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