Re: [PATCH RESEND] autonuma: Fix scan period updating

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

> >> 
> >> if (lr_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD)
> >>     slow down scanning
> >> else if (sp_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD) {
> >>     if (NUMA_PERIOD_SLOTS - lr_ratio >= NUMA_PERIOD_THRESHOLD)
> >>         speed up scanning
> 
> Thought about this again.  For example, a multi-threads workload runs on
> a 4-sockets machine, and most memory accesses are shared.  The optimal
> situation will be pseudo-interleaving, that is, spreading memory
> accesses evenly among 4 NUMA nodes.  Where "share" >> "private", and
> "remote" > "local".  And we should slow down scanning to reduce the
> overhead.
> 
> What do you think about this?

If all 4 nodes have equal access, then all 4 nodes will be active nodes.

From task_numa_fault()

	if (!priv && !local && ng && ng->active_nodes > 1 &&
				numa_is_active_node(cpu_node, ng) &&
				numa_is_active_node(mem_node, ng))
		local = 1;

Hence all accesses will be accounted as local. Hence scanning would slow
down.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju