I think you can simplify this function using parent_mem_cgroup().
unsigned long free, min_free = ULLONG_MAX;
while (mem) {
free = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_LIMIT) -
res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, RES_USAGE);
min_free = min(min_free, free);
mem = parent_mem_cgroup();
}
/* Translate free memory in pages */
return min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT;
And, IMHO, we should return min(global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES), min_free >> PAGE_SHIFT).
Because we are allowed to set no-limit(or a very big limit) in memcg,
so min_free can be very big if we don't set a limit against all the memcg's in hierarchy.
Thanks,
Dasiuke Nishimura.
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