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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
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>,
	dormando <dormando@rydia.net>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>,
	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:09:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130418150942.GF2018@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1365710278-6807-5-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de>

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 08:57:52PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> @@ -2763,7 +2769,21 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
>  		for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
>  			struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
>  
> +			if (!populated_zone(zone))
> +				continue;
> +
>  			lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * If any zone is currently balanced then kswapd will
> +			 * not call compaction as it is expected that the
> +			 * necessary pages are already available.
> +			 */
> +			if (pgdat_needs_compaction &&
> +					zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
> +						low_wmark_pages(zone),
> +						*classzone_idx, 0))
> +				pgdat_needs_compaction = false;
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> @@ -2832,7 +2852,8 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
>  				 * already being scanned that high
>  				 * watermark would be met at 100% efficiency.
>  				 */
> -				if (kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages))
> +				if (kswapd_shrink_zone(zone, &sc, lru_pages,
> +						       &nr_attempted))
>  					raise_priority = false;
>  			}

There is the odd chance that the watermark is met after reclaim, would
it make sense to defer the pgdat_needs_compaction check?  Not really a
big deal, though, so:

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-18 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-11 19:57 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V3 Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 01/10] mm: vmscan: Limit the number of pages kswapd reclaims at each priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 02/10] mm: vmscan: Obey proportional scanning requirements for kswapd Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:01   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-18 15:58     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:02   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:09   ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 05/10] mm: vmscan: Do not allow kswapd to scan at maximum priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:11   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 15:16   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 07/10] mm: vmscan: Block kswapd if it is encountering pages under writeback Mel Gorman
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 08/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd shrink slab only once per priority Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 16:43   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 09/10] mm: vmscan: Check if kswapd should writepage once per pgdat scan Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 16:44   ` Johannes Weiner
2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 10/10] mm: vmscan: Move logic from balance_pgdat() to kswapd_shrink_zone() Mel Gorman
2013-04-18 16:56   ` Johannes Weiner
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-09 11:06 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V2 Mel Gorman
2013-04-09 11:06 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress Mel Gorman
2013-04-10  8:05   ` Kamezawa Hiroyuki
2013-04-10 13:57     ` Mel Gorman
2013-04-12  2:46   ` Rik van Riel
2013-03-17 13:04 [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd Mel Gorman
2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress Mel Gorman
2013-03-18 11:11   ` Wanpeng Li
2013-03-19 10:19     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-18 11:11   ` Wanpeng Li
2013-03-18 11:35   ` Hillf Danton
2013-03-19 10:27     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-21 15:32   ` Michal Hocko
2013-03-21 15:47     ` Mel Gorman
2013-03-21 15:50       ` Michal Hocko

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