kernel: res_counter: remove the unused API

All memory accounting and limiting has been switched over to the
lockless page counters.  Bye, res_counter!

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: update Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt]
[mhocko@suse.cz: ditch the last remainings of res_counter]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index f624727ab404..67613ff0270c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ The memory controller is the first controller developed.
 
 2.1. Design
 
-The core of the design is a counter called the res_counter. The res_counter
-tracks the current memory usage and limit of the group of processes associated
-with the controller. Each cgroup has a memory controller specific data
-structure (mem_cgroup) associated with it.
+The core of the design is a counter called the page_counter. The
+page_counter tracks the current memory usage and limit of the group of
+processes associated with the controller. Each cgroup has a memory controller
+specific data structure (mem_cgroup) associated with it.
 
 2.2. Accounting
 
                 +--------------------+
-                |  mem_cgroup     |
-                |  (res_counter)     |
+                |  mem_cgroup        |
+                |  (page_counter)    |
                 +--------------------+
                  /            ^      \
                 /             |       \
@@ -352,9 +352,8 @@ set:
 0. Configuration
 
 a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
-b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
-c. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG
-d. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP (to use swap extension)
+b. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG
+c. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP (to use swap extension)
 d. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM (to use kmem extension)
 
 1. Prepare the cgroups (see cgroups.txt, Why are cgroups needed?)