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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt
index 80ac454704b8..bcf750d3cecd 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt
@@ -24,24 +24,7 @@ Please note that implementation details can be changed.
a page/swp_entry may be charged (usage += PAGE_SIZE) at
- mem_cgroup_charge_anon()
- Called at new page fault and Copy-On-Write.
-
- mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin()
- Called at do_swap_page() (page fault on swap entry) and swapoff.
- Followed by charge-commit-cancel protocol. (With swap accounting)
- At commit, a charge recorded in swap_cgroup is removed.
-
- mem_cgroup_charge_file()
- Called at add_to_page_cache()
-
- mem_cgroup_cache_charge_swapin()
- Called at shmem's swapin.
-
- mem_cgroup_prepare_migration()
- Called before migration. "extra" charge is done and followed by
- charge-commit-cancel protocol.
- At commit, charge against oldpage or newpage will be committed.
+ mem_cgroup_try_charge()
2. Uncharge
a page/swp_entry may be uncharged (usage -= PAGE_SIZE) by
@@ -69,19 +52,14 @@ Please note that implementation details can be changed.
to new page is committed. At failure, charge to old page is committed.
3. charge-commit-cancel
- In some case, we can't know this "charge" is valid or not at charging
- (because of races).
- To handle such case, there are charge-commit-cancel functions.
- mem_cgroup_try_charge_XXX
- mem_cgroup_commit_charge_XXX
- mem_cgroup_cancel_charge_XXX
- these are used in swap-in and migration.
+ Memcg pages are charged in two steps:
+ mem_cgroup_try_charge()
+ mem_cgroup_commit_charge() or mem_cgroup_cancel_charge()
At try_charge(), there are no flags to say "this page is charged".
at this point, usage += PAGE_SIZE.
- At commit(), the function checks the page should be charged or not
- and set flags or avoid charging.(usage -= PAGE_SIZE)
+ At commit(), the page is associated with the memcg.
At cancel(), simply usage -= PAGE_SIZE.