Re: [RFC] mm: show message when updating min_free_kbytes in thp

Michal Hocko
2014-01-09T09:02:25Z

On Thu 09-01-14 15:32:59, Han Pingtian wrote:
[...]
> From b8db4f157a17d6d8652cc9cff024a192c3ee0779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:24:26 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: show message when raising min_free_kbytes in THP
>
> min_free_kbytes may be raised during THP's initialization. Sometimes,
> this will change the value being set by user. Showing message will
> clarify this confusion.
>
> Only show this message when changing the value set by user according to
> Michal Hocko's suggestion.
>
> Showing the old value of min_free_kbytes according to Dave Hansen's
> suggestion. This will give user the chance to restore old value of
> min_free_kbytes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Looks good to me
Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>

Thanks!

> ---
> mm/huge_memory.c | 9 ++++++++-
> mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 7de1bf8..e0e4e29 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static struct khugepaged_scan khugepaged_scan = {
> .mm_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(khugepaged_scan.mm_head),
> };
>
> +extern int user_min_free_kbytes;
>
> static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
> {
> @@ -130,8 +131,14 @@ static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
> (unsigned long) nr_free_buffer_pages() / 20);
> recommended_min <<= (PAGE_SHIFT-10);
>
> - if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes)
> + if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes) {
> + if (user_min_free_kbytes >= 0)
> + pr_info("raising min_free_kbytes from %d to %lu "
> + "to help transparent hugepage allocations\n",
> + min_free_kbytes, recommended_min);
> +
> min_free_kbytes = recommended_min;
> + }
> setup_per_zone_wmarks();
> return 0;
> }
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 9ea62b2..a9dcfd8 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static char * const zone_names[MAX_NR_ZONES] = {
> };
>
> int min_free_kbytes = 1024;
> -int user_min_free_kbytes;
> +int user_min_free_kbytes = -1;
>
> static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_kernel_pages;
> static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_all_pages;
> --
> 1.7.7.6
>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs