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From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@redhat.com>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7 v2] mm: rework __isolate_lru_page() file/anon filter
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:46:06 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F5B22DE.4020402@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F5AFAF0.6060608@openvz.org>

Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Hugh Dickins wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Mar 2012, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>>>
>>> Actually __isolate_lru_page() even little bit bigger
>>
>> I was coming to realize that it must be your page_lru()ing:
>> although it's dressed up in one line, there's several branches there.
>
> Yes, but I think we can optimize page_lru(): we can prepare ready-to-use
> page lru index in lower bits of page->flags, if we swap page flags and split
> LRU_UNEVICTABLE into FILE/ANON parts.
>
>>
>> I think you'll find you have a clear winner at last, if you just pass
>> lru on down as third arg to __isolate_lru_page(), where file used to
>> be passed, instead of re-evaluating it inside.
>>
>> shrink callers already have the lru, and compaction works it out
>> immediately afterwards.
>
> No, for non-lumpy isolation we don't need this check at all,
> because all pages already picked from right lru list.
>
> I'll send separate patch for this (on top v5 patchset), after meditation =)

Heh, looks like we don't need these checks at all:
without RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM we isolate only pages from right lru,
with RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM we isolate pages from all evictable lru.
Thus we should check only PageUnevictable() on lumpy reclaim.

>
>>
>> Though we do need to be careful: the lumpy case would then have to
>> pass page_lru(cursor_page).  Oh, actually no (though it would deserve
>> a comment): since the lumpy case selects LRU_ALL_EVICTABLE, it's
>> irrelevant what it passes for lru, so might as well stick with
>> the one passed down.  Though you may decide I'm being too tricky
>> there, and prefer to calculate page_lru(cursor_page) anyway, it
>> not being the hottest path.
>>
>> Whether you'd still want page_lru(page) __always_inline, I don't know.
>>
>> Hugh
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-10  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-29  9:15 [PATCH v4 ch1 0/7] mm: some cleanup/rework before lru_lock splitting Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-02-29  9:15 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm/memcg: scanning_global_lru means mem_cgroup_disabled Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:12   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-06 11:46     ` Glauber Costa
2012-02-29  9:15 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm/memcg: move reclaim_stat into lruvec Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:14   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-02-29  9:15 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm: rework __isolate_lru_page() file/anon filter Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:17   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-02  5:51     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  8:17       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-02  8:53         ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-06 11:57         ` Glauber Costa
2012-03-06 12:53           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-03  0:22   ` Hugh Dickins
2012-03-03  8:27     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-03  9:20       ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-03  9:16   ` [PATCH 3/7 v2] " Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-05  0:27     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-07  3:22     ` Hugh Dickins
2012-03-08  5:30       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-09  2:06         ` Hugh Dickins
2012-03-09  7:16           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-10  0:04             ` Hugh Dickins
2012-03-10  6:55               ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-10  9:46                 ` Konstantin Khlebnikov [this message]
2012-03-15  1:47                   ` Hugh Dickins
2012-03-15  6:03                     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-15 23:58                       ` Hugh Dickins
2012-02-29  9:15 ` [PATCH 4/7] mm: push lru index into shrink_[in]active_list() Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:21   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-03  0:24   ` Hugh Dickins
2012-02-29  9:15 ` [PATCH 5/7] mm: rework reclaim_stat counters Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:28   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-02  6:11     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  8:03       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-02-29  9:16 ` [PATCH 6/7] mm/memcg: rework inactive_ratio calculation Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:31   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-03-02  6:24     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-08  5:36       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-02-29  9:16 ` [PATCH 7/7] mm/memcg: use vm_swappiness from target memory cgroup Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-02  5:32   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki

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