Re: [RFC] vmscan: initialize sc->nr_reclaimed in do_try_to_free_pages()

[MinChan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> > static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
>> > {
>> >        /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
>> >        const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
>> >        struct task_struct *p = current;
>> >        struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
>> >        int priority;
>> >        struct scan_control sc = {
>> >                .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
>> >                .may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
>> >                .swap_cluster_max = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
>> >                                        SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
>> >                .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
>> >                .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
>> >                .isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
>> > +               .nr_reclaimed = 0;
>> >        };
>>
>> Hmm.. I missed that.  Thanks.
>> There is one in shrink_all_memory.
>
> No.
> __zone_reclaim isn't a part of shrink_all_memory().
> Currently, shrink_all_memory() don't use sc.nr_reclaimed member.
> (maybe, it's another wrong thing ;)

Hmm.. You're right.
As Johannes pointed out,
too many page shrinking can degrade resume performance.

We need to bale out in shrink_all_memory.
Other people, thought ?

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Kinds regards,
MinChan Kim

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