From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Petr Holasek <pholasek@redhat.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Izik Eidus <izik.eidus@ravellosystems.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] ksm: allow trees per NUMA node
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:03:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130128150304.2e7a2fb4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1301251753380.29196@eggly.anvils>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:54:53 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote:
> --- mmotm.orig/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt 2013-01-25 14:36:31.724205455 -0800
> +++ mmotm/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt 2013-01-25 14:36:38.608205618 -0800
> @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ sleep_millisecs - how many milliseconds
> e.g. "echo 20 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs"
> Default: 20 (chosen for demonstration purposes)
>
> +merge_across_nodes - specifies if pages from different numa nodes can be merged.
> + When set to 0, ksm merges only pages which physically
> + reside in the memory area of same NUMA node. It brings
> + lower latency to access to shared page. Value can be
> + changed only when there is no ksm shared pages in system.
> + Default: 1
> +
The explanation doesn't really tell the operator whether or not to set
merge_across_nodes for a particular machine/workload.
I guess most people will just shrug, turn the thing on and see if it
improved things, but that's rather random.
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Petr Holasek <pholasek@redhat.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Izik Eidus <izik.eidus@ravellosystems.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] ksm: allow trees per NUMA node
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:03:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130128150304.2e7a2fb4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1301251753380.29196@eggly.anvils>
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:54:53 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote:
> --- mmotm.orig/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt 2013-01-25 14:36:31.724205455 -0800
> +++ mmotm/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt 2013-01-25 14:36:38.608205618 -0800
> @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ sleep_millisecs - how many milliseconds
> e.g. "echo 20 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs"
> Default: 20 (chosen for demonstration purposes)
>
> +merge_across_nodes - specifies if pages from different numa nodes can be merged.
> + When set to 0, ksm merges only pages which physically
> + reside in the memory area of same NUMA node. It brings
> + lower latency to access to shared page. Value can be
> + changed only when there is no ksm shared pages in system.
> + Default: 1
> +
The explanation doesn't really tell the operator whether or not to set
merge_across_nodes for a particular machine/workload.
I guess most people will just shrug, turn the thing on and see if it
improved things, but that's rather random.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-28 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 138+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-26 1:53 [PATCH 0/11] ksm: NUMA trees and page migration Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:53 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:54 ` [PATCH 1/11] ksm: allow trees per NUMA node Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 1:14 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 1:14 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 2:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 2:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 3:16 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 3:16 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 21:55 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 21:55 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 23:03 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2013-01-28 23:03 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-29 1:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 1:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 23:08 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-28 23:08 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-29 1:38 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 1:38 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-05 16:41 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-05 16:41 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-07 23:57 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-07 23:57 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:56 ` [PATCH 2/11] ksm: add sysfs ABI Documentation Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:56 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:58 ` [PATCH 3/11] ksm: trivial tidyups Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:58 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 23:11 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-28 23:11 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-29 1:44 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 1:44 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:59 ` [PATCH 4/11] ksm: reorganize ksm_check_stable_tree Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 1:59 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-05 16:48 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-05 16:48 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-08 0:07 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-08 0:07 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-14 11:30 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-14 11:30 ` Mel Gorman
2013-01-26 2:00 ` [PATCH 5/11] ksm: get_ksm_page locked Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:00 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 2:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 2:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 22:08 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 22:08 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 0:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 0:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 3:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 3:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 2:48 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 2:48 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 22:10 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 22:10 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-05 17:18 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-05 17:18 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-08 0:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-08 0:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-14 11:34 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-14 11:34 ` Mel Gorman
2013-01-26 2:01 ` [PATCH 6/11] ksm: remove old stable nodes more thoroughly Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:01 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 4:55 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 4:55 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 23:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 23:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 1:42 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 1:42 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 4:14 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 4:14 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 2:12 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 2:12 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 4:19 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 4:19 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 6:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 6:36 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 23:44 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-28 23:44 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-29 2:03 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 2:03 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-05 17:55 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-05 17:55 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-08 19:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-08 19:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-14 11:58 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-14 11:58 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-14 22:19 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-14 22:19 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:03 ` [PATCH 7/11] ksm: make KSM page migration possible Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:03 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 5:47 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 5:47 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 23:12 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 23:12 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 0:41 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 0:41 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 3:44 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 3:44 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-05 19:11 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-05 19:11 ` Mel Gorman
2013-02-08 20:52 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-08 20:52 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:05 ` [PATCH 8/11] ksm: make !merge_across_nodes migration safe Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 8:49 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 8:49 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 23:25 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 23:25 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 3:44 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-28 3:44 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-26 2:06 ` [PATCH 9/11] ksm: enable KSM page migration Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:06 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:07 ` [PATCH 10/11] mm: remove offlining arg to migrate_pages Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:07 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:10 ` [PATCH 11/11] ksm: stop hotremove lockdep warning Hugh Dickins
2013-01-26 2:10 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 6:23 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 6:23 ` Simon Jeons
2013-01-27 23:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-27 23:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-08 18:45 ` Gerald Schaefer
2013-02-08 18:45 ` Gerald Schaefer
2013-02-11 22:13 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-02-11 22:13 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-28 23:54 ` [PATCH 0/11] ksm: NUMA trees and page migration Andrew Morton
2013-01-28 23:54 ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-29 0:49 ` Izik Eidus
2013-01-29 0:49 ` Izik Eidus
2013-01-29 2:26 ` Izik Eidus
2013-01-29 2:26 ` Izik Eidus
2013-01-29 16:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2013-01-29 16:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2013-01-31 0:05 ` Ric Mason
2013-01-31 0:05 ` Ric Mason
2013-01-29 1:07 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 1:07 ` Hugh Dickins
2013-01-29 10:45 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-01-29 10:45 ` Gleb Natapov
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