From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>,
Roger Larsson <roger.larsson@norran.net>,
MM mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: __GFP_IO && shrink_[d|i]cache_memory()?
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:38:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000924223814.B2615@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009242038480.7843-100000@elte.hu>; from mingo@elte.hu on Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:40:05PM +0200
Hi,
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:40:05PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > [...] I don't think shrinking the inode cache is actually illegal when
> > GPF_IO isn't set. In fact, it's probably only the buffer cache itself
> > that has to avoid recursion - the other stuff doesn't actually do any
> > IO.
>
> i just found this out by example, i'm running the shrink_[i|d]cache stuff
> even if __GFP_IO is not set, and no problems so far. (and much better
> balancing behavior)
Careful --- I found out to my cost that there are hidden recursions
here. ext3 was bitten once by the fact that shrink_icache does a
quota drop, and that involves quota writeback if it was the last inode
on that particular quota struct.
shrinking the icache _usually_ involves no IO, but the quota case is
an exception which a lot of developers won't encounter during testing.
Cheers,
Stephen
--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-09-24 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 243+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-24 10:11 __GFP_IO && shrink_[d|i]cache_memory()? Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 18:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-24 18:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 18:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-24 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-24 18:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 19:34 ` [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 20:20 ` Rui Sousa
2000-09-24 20:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-24 20:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 21:12 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-24 21:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24 21:43 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-24 22:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-24 22:36 ` [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 - fixing deadlocks bert hubert
2000-09-24 23:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:24 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 17:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 18:06 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 19:32 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 19:26 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 22:28 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 22:26 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 22:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 22:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 23:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 23:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-26 0:32 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 22:30 ` Juan J. Quintela
2000-09-25 23:00 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 19:54 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 22:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 22:42 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-26 6:54 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-26 14:05 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-26 16:20 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-26 17:10 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-27 8:11 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-27 8:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-27 9:24 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-27 13:56 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-27 16:56 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-27 17:42 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-27 18:25 ` Erik Andersen
2000-09-27 18:55 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-28 10:08 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-28 11:16 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-28 14:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-29 14:39 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-29 14:55 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-29 15:40 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-28 11:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-28 14:54 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-28 15:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-28 15:23 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-28 16:16 ` Juan J. Quintela
2000-09-28 14:31 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 17:21 ` bert hubert
2000-09-25 17:49 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 15:09 ` Miles Lane
2000-09-25 15:51 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 16:05 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 16:06 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 16:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 16:29 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 4:56 ` [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 5:19 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 6:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 6:17 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 21:21 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 13:42 ` [CFT][PATCH] ext2 directories in pagecache Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 21:29 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 22:16 ` Marko Kreen
2000-09-26 22:31 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 22:47 ` Marko Kreen
2000-09-27 7:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-27 9:22 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 23:19 ` Andreas Dilger
2000-09-26 23:33 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-26 23:44 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 0:09 ` [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 0:49 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 0:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2000-09-25 1:45 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 2:39 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2000-09-25 15:36 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 10:42 ` the new VM Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:08 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:30 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:04 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:23 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 15:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 15:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:22 ` yodaiken
2000-09-26 19:10 ` Pavel Machek
2000-09-26 20:16 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-27 7:42 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-27 12:11 ` yodaiken
2000-09-27 14:08 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:09 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 14:26 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2000-09-25 14:50 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:47 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 15:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:16 ` the new VMt Alan Cox
2000-09-25 15:33 ` the new VM Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:41 ` the new VMt Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 16:04 ` Andi Kleen
2000-09-25 16:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 16:18 ` Andi Kleen
2000-09-25 16:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 16:41 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 16:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 17:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 17:17 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 17:10 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 17:27 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 17:15 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-27 7:14 ` Rusty Russell
2000-09-25 20:23 ` Russell King
2000-09-25 16:28 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 16:11 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 16:17 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 16:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-09-25 16:57 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 17:01 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 17:06 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 17:31 ` Oliver Xymoron
2000-09-25 17:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-09-25 19:03 ` the new VMt [4MB+ blocks] Matti Aarnio
2000-09-25 20:02 ` Stephen Williams
2000-09-25 16:33 ` the new VMt Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-26 8:38 ` Jes Sorensen
2000-09-26 8:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-26 9:02 ` Jes Sorensen
2000-09-25 16:53 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 15:42 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 16:05 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:22 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 16:42 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 17:39 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 16:51 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 17:43 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 18:13 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 18:21 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 19:09 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 19:21 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 16:52 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 17:18 ` Jamie Lokier
2000-09-25 17:51 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 18:04 ` Jamie Lokier
2000-09-25 18:13 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 18:24 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 18:34 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 18:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2000-09-25 19:25 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 20:04 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 20:23 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 20:35 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 20:46 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 21:07 ` yodaiken
2000-09-26 9:54 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-26 13:17 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 20:47 ` Benjamin C.R. LaHaise
2000-09-25 21:12 ` yodaiken
2000-09-26 10:07 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-26 13:30 ` yodaiken
2000-09-25 20:32 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-26 12:10 ` Mark Hemment
2000-09-27 10:13 ` Andrey Savochkin
2000-09-27 12:55 ` Hugh Dickins
2000-09-28 3:25 ` Andrey Savochkin
2000-09-25 23:14 ` Erik Andersen
2000-09-26 15:17 ` yodaiken
2000-09-26 16:04 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-26 17:02 ` Erik Andersen
2000-09-26 17:08 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-26 17:45 ` Erik Andersen
2000-09-27 10:20 ` Andrey Savochkin
2000-09-26 21:13 ` Eric Lowe
2000-09-25 18:20 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 16:16 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 16:55 ` Alan Cox
2000-09-25 15:48 ` the new VM Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 15:40 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 16:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:37 ` Rik van Riel
2000-09-25 20:34 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-10-06 16:14 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-09 7:37 ` Christoph Rohland
2000-09-25 13:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:19 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:31 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:04 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 1:31 ` [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 1:27 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 2:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 2:01 ` Alexander Viro
2000-09-25 13:47 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-09-25 10:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 12:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 13:49 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 14:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:05 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 16:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2000-09-25 17:05 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 17:23 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:20 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:11 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 14:33 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:56 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 13:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:08 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 14:29 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:18 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 14:47 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 21:28 ` Jens Axboe
2000-09-25 22:14 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 14:46 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-25 14:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-09-25 15:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-09-24 21:38 ` Stephen C. Tweedie [this message]
2000-09-24 23:20 ` __GFP_IO && shrink_[d|i]cache_memory()? Alan Cox
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20000924223814.B2615@redhat.com \
--to=sct@redhat.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-mm@kvack.org \
--cc=mingo@elte.hu \
--cc=riel@conectiva.com.br \
--cc=roger.larsson@norran.net \
--cc=torvalds@transmeta.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.