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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
To: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	dormando <dormando@rydia.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:29:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130410132907.GA3710@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51651913.4040007@jp.fujitsu.com>

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 04:47:31PM +0900, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
> > @@ -2811,8 +2814,16 @@ loop_again:
> >   
> >   			if ((buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) ||
> >   			    !zone_balanced(zone, testorder,
> > -					   balance_gap, end_zone))
> > -				kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages);
> > +					   balance_gap, end_zone)) {
> > +				/*
> > +				 * There should be no need to raise the
> > +				 * scanning priority if enough pages are
> > +				 * already being scanned that high
> > +				 * watermark would be met at 100% efficiency.
> > +				 */
> > +				if (kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages))
> > +					raise_priority = false;
> 
> priority will be raised up enough to scan the amount of "high" watermark
> and will not get larger than that if some pages are reclaimed ?
> 

Yes.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
To: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	dormando <dormando@rydia.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:29:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130410132907.GA3710@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51651913.4040007@jp.fujitsu.com>

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 04:47:31PM +0900, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
> > @@ -2811,8 +2814,16 @@ loop_again:
> >   
> >   			if ((buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) ||
> >   			    !zone_balanced(zone, testorder,
> > -					   balance_gap, end_zone))
> > -				kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages);
> > +					   balance_gap, end_zone)) {
> > +				/*
> > +				 * There should be no need to raise the
> > +				 * scanning priority if enough pages are
> > +				 * already being scanned that high
> > +				 * watermark would be met at 100% efficiency.
> > +				 */
> > +				if (kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages))
> > +					raise_priority = false;
> 
> priority will be raised up enough to scan the amount of "high" watermark
> and will not get larger than that if some pages are reclaimed ?
> 

Yes.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-10 13:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 115+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-09 11:06 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V2 Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06 ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06 ` [PATCH 01/10] mm: vmscan: Limit the number of pages kswapd reclaims at each priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 13:27   ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-09 13:27     ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-10  6:47   ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10  6:47     ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-09 11:06 ` [PATCH 02/10] mm: vmscan: Obey proportional scanning requirements for kswapd Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10  7:16   ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10  7:16     ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10 14:08     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10 14:08       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-11  0:14       ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-11  0:14         ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-11  9:09         ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-11  9:09           ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10  7:47   ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10  7:47     ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10 13:29     ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2013-04-10 13:29       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:45   ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-12  2:45     ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-09 11:06 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10  8:05   ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10  8:05     ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10 13:57     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10 13:57       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:46   ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-12  2:46     ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 05/10] mm: vmscan: Do not allow kswapd to scan at maximum priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:51   ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-12  2:51     ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 07/10] mm: vmscan: Block kswapd if it is encountering pages under writeback Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:54   ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-12  2:54     ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 08/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd shrink slab only once per priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 09/10] mm: vmscan: Check if kswapd should writepage once per pgdat scan Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 10/10] mm: vmscan: Move logic from balance_pgdat() to kswapd_shrink_zone() Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:07   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:56   ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-12  2:56     ` Rik van Riel
2013-04-09 17:27 ` [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V2 Christoph Lameter
2013-04-09 17:27   ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-10 14:14   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10 14:14     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-10 22:28     ` dormando
2013-04-10 22:28       ` dormando
2013-04-10 23:46       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2013-04-10 23:46         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2013-04-11  9:10       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-11  9:10         ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 20:13         ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-11 20:13           ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-11 20:55 ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-11 20:55   ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-12 19:40   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 19:40     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 19:52     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 19:52       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 20:07     ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-12 20:07       ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-12 20:41       ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 20:41         ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12 21:14         ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-12 21:14           ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-22  6:37       ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-22  6:43         ` Simon Jeons
2013-04-22  6:43           ` Simon Jeons
2013-04-22  6:54           ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-22  6:54             ` Zlatko Calusic
2013-04-22  7:12             ` Simon Jeons
2013-04-22  7:12               ` Simon Jeons
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-11 19:57 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V3 Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57   ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:02   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-18 15:02     ` Johannes Weiner
2013-03-17 13:04 [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd Mel Gorman
2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop Mel Gorman
2013-03-17 13:04   ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-17 14:36   ` Andi Kleen
2013-03-17 14:36     ` Andi Kleen
2013-03-17 15:09     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-17 15:09       ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-18  7:02   ` Hillf Danton
2013-03-19 10:01     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-18 23:58   ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-18 23:58     ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-19 10:12     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-19 10:12       ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-19  3:08   ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-19  3:08     ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-19  8:23     ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-19  8:23       ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-19 10:14     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-19 10:14       ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-19 10:26       ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-19 10:26         ` Simon Jeons
2013-03-19 11:01         ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-19 11:01           ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-21 14:54   ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-21 14:54     ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-21 15:26     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-21 15:26       ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-21 15:38       ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-21 15:38         ` Michal Hocko

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