From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, jannh@google.com,
vbabka@suse.cz, dancol@google.com, joel@joelfernandes.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/madvise: skip MADV_PAGEOUT on shared swap cache pages
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:42:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200327064244.GA80572@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <23ed6b05-3dd4-5683-a1d3-57d67a180c77@intel.com>
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 3/25/20 11:28 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> >> diff -puN mm/madvise.c~madv-pageout-ignore-shared-swap-cache mm/madvise.c
> >> --- a/mm/madvise.c~madv-pageout-ignore-shared-swap-cache 2020-03-23 16:30:52.022385888 -0700
> >> +++ b/mm/madvise.c 2020-03-23 16:41:15.448384333 -0700
> >> @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static struct page *pte_get_reclaim_page
> >> {
> >> swp_entry_t entry;
> >> struct page *page;
> >> + int nr_page_references = 0;
> > nit: just 'referenced' would be enough.
>
> I guess I could track one bit like that. But, it would require checking
> both page_mapcount() and page_swapcount() for being >1. This way, I
> just accumulate the count and have a check at a single place.
>
> I think it ends up much simpler this way.
I meant the variable name. 'referenced' would be enough for indication
like rmap.c and khugepaged.c. Anyway, it's up to you.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-27 6:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-23 23:41 [PATCH 0/2] mm/madvise: teach MADV_PAGEOUT about swap cache Dave Hansen
2020-03-23 23:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/madvise: help MADV_PAGEOUT to find swap cache pages Dave Hansen
2020-03-26 6:24 ` Minchan Kim
2020-03-23 23:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm/madvise: skip MADV_PAGEOUT on shared " Dave Hansen
2020-03-26 6:28 ` Minchan Kim
2020-03-26 23:00 ` Dave Hansen
2020-03-27 6:42 ` Minchan Kim [this message]
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