Re: [ckrm-tech] [RFC][PATCH 5/7] UBC: kernel memory accounting (core)

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 10:23 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 10:16 -0700, Rohit Seth wrote:
> > > That said, it sure is simpler to implement, so I'm all for it!
> > 
> > hmm, not sure why it is simpler.
> 
> When you ask the question, "which container owns this page?", you don't
> have to look far, 

as in page->mapping->container for user land?

> nor is it ambiguous in any way.  It is very strict,
> and very straightforward.


What additional ambiguity you have when inode or task structures have
the required information.

-rohit

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