From: Michal Hocko <mhocko-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
Minchan Kim <minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
Andrew Morton
<akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
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Subject: Re: MADV_DONTNEED semantics? Was: [RFC PATCH] mm: madvise: Ignore repeated MADV_DONTNEED hints
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 16:21:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150203152121.GC8914@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150203111600.GR2395-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
On Tue 03-02-15 11:16:00, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 09:19:15AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
[...]
> > And if we agree that there is indeed no guarantee, what's the actual semantic
> > difference from MADV_FREE? I guess none? So there's only a possible perfomance
> > difference?
> >
>
> Timing. MADV_DONTNEED if it has an effect is immediate, is a heavier
> operations and RSS is reduced. MADV_FREE only has an impact in the future
> if there is memory pressure.
JFTR. the man page for MADV_FREE has been proposed already
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/5/63 should be the last version AFAIR). I
do not see it in the man-pages git tree but the patch was not in time
for 3.19 so I guess it will only appear in 3.20.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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[not found] ` <54CFF8AC.6010102@intel.com>
2015-02-03 8:19 ` MADV_DONTNEED semantics? Was: [RFC PATCH] mm: madvise: Ignore repeated MADV_DONTNEED hints Vlastimil Babka
[not found] ` <54D08483.40209-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 10:53 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2015-02-03 11:42 ` Vlastimil Babka
2015-02-03 16:20 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <54D0F56A.9050003-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-04 13:46 ` Vlastimil Babka
[not found] ` <54D22298.3040504-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-04 14:00 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-04 17:02 ` Vlastimil Babka
[not found] ` <54D2508A.9030804-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-04 19:24 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-05 1:07 ` Minchan Kim
2015-02-06 15:41 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <54D4E098.8050004-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-09 6:46 ` Minchan Kim
2015-02-09 9:13 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-05 15:41 ` Michal Hocko
2015-02-06 15:57 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <54D4E47E.4020509-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-06 20:45 ` Michal Hocko
2015-02-09 6:50 ` Minchan Kim
[not found] ` <54D0B43D.8000209-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-04 0:09 ` Minchan Kim
2015-02-03 11:16 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <20150203111600.GR2395-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 15:21 ` Michal Hocko [this message]
[not found] ` <20150203152121.GC8914-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 16:25 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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