RE: [PATCH v3 1/1] kernel/sysctl.c: Add /proc/sys/vm/shrink_memory feature

[PINTU KUMAR <pintu.k@samsung.com>]

Sorry, for late reply.

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> From: Mel Gorman [mailto:mgorman@suse.de]
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] kernel/sysctl.c: Add /proc/sys/vm/shrink_memory
> feature
> 
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 06:33:26PM +0530, PINTU KUMAR wrote:
> > Dear Mel, thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.
> > I will drop this one and look on further improving direct_reclaim and
> > compaction.
> > Just few more comments below before I close.
> >
> > Also, during this patch, I feel that the hibernation_mode part in
> > shrink_all_memory can be corrected.
> > So, can I separately submit the below patch?
> > That is instead of hard-coding the hibernation_mode, we can get
> > hibernation status using:
> > system_entering_hibernation()
> >
> > Please let me know your suggestion about this changes.
> >
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
> > +#if defined CONFIG_HIBERNATION || CONFIG_SHRINK_MEMORY
> 
I was talking about only the following case.
Instead of hard coding the hibernation_mode in shrink_all_memory, 
We can set it at runtime.

-               .hibernation_mode = 1,

+       if (system_entering_hibernation())
+               sc.hibernation_mode = 1;
+       else
+               sc.hibernation_mode = 0;

The PM owners should confirm if this is ok.
Once confirmed, I will submit the full patch set.

+> This appears to be a patch on top of "Add /proc/sys/vm/shrink_memory feature"
> so I do not see what would be separately submitted that would make sense.
> 
And we don't need to have /proc/sys/vm/shrink_memory patch for this.

However, if required, we can also expose shrink_all_memory() outside the
hibernation using the CONFIG_SHRINK_MEMORY.
Otherwise, we can neglect other changes.

> --
> Mel Gorman
> SUSE Labs

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