From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: tim.c.chen@intel.com, dave.hansen@intel.com,
andi.kleen@intel.com, aaron.lu@intel.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>, Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3 07/10] mm, THP, swap: Support to add/delete THP to/from swap cache
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:30:25 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57D128A9.3030306@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1473266769-2155-8-git-send-email-ying.huang@intel.com>
On 09/07/2016 10:16 PM, Huang, Ying wrote:
> From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
>
> With this patch, a THP (Transparent Huge Page) can be added/deleted
> to/from the swap cache as a set of sub-pages (512 on x86_64).
>
> This will be used for the THP (Transparent Huge Page) swap support.
> Where one THP may be added/delted to/from the swap cache. This will
> batch the swap cache operations to reduce the lock acquire/release times
> for the THP swap too.
>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
> ---
> include/linux/page-flags.h | 2 +-
> mm/swap_state.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> index 74e4dda..f5bcbea 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(HighMem)
> #endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
> -PAGEFLAG(SwapCache, swapcache, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
> +PAGEFLAG(SwapCache, swapcache, PF_NO_TAIL)
What is the reason for this change ? The commit message does not seem
to explain.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-08 9:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-07 16:45 [PATCH -v3 00/10] THP swap: Delay splitting THP during swapping out Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 01/10] mm, swap: Make swap cluster size same of THP size on x86_64 Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 5:45 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 18:07 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-19 17:09 ` Johannes Weiner
2016-09-20 2:01 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-22 19:25 ` Johannes Weiner
2016-09-08 8:21 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 11:03 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2016-09-08 17:39 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 11:07 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2016-09-08 17:23 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 02/10] mm, memcg: Add swap_cgroup_iter iterator Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 03/10] mm, memcg: Support to charge/uncharge multiple swap entries Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 5:46 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 8:28 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 18:15 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 04/10] mm, THP, swap: Add swap cluster allocate/free functions Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 5:49 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 8:30 ` Anshuman Khandual
2016-09-08 18:14 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 05/10] mm, THP, swap: Add get_huge_swap_page() Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 11:13 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2016-09-08 17:22 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 06/10] mm, THP, swap: Support to clear SWAP_HAS_CACHE for huge page Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 07/10] mm, THP, swap: Support to add/delete THP to/from swap cache Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 9:00 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2016-09-08 18:10 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 08/10] mm, THP: Add can_split_huge_page() Huang, Ying
2016-09-08 11:17 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2016-09-08 17:02 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 09/10] mm, THP, swap: Support to split THP in swap cache Huang, Ying
2016-09-07 16:46 ` [PATCH -v3 10/10] mm, THP, swap: Delay splitting THP during swap out Huang, Ying
2016-09-09 5:43 ` [PATCH -v3 00/10] THP swap: Delay splitting THP during swapping out Minchan Kim
2016-09-09 15:53 ` Tim Chen
2016-09-09 20:35 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-13 6:13 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-13 6:40 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-13 7:05 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-13 8:53 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-13 9:16 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-13 23:52 ` Chen, Tim C
2016-09-19 7:11 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-19 15:59 ` Tim Chen
2016-09-18 1:53 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-19 7:08 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-20 2:54 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-20 5:06 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-20 5:28 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-13 14:35 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2016-09-19 17:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2016-09-22 22:56 ` Shaohua Li
2016-09-22 23:49 ` Chen, Tim C
2016-09-22 23:53 ` Andi Kleen
2016-09-23 0:38 ` Rik van Riel
2016-09-23 2:32 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-25 19:18 ` Shaohua Li
2016-09-26 1:06 ` Minchan Kim
2016-09-26 3:25 ` Huang, Ying
2016-09-23 2:12 ` Huang, Ying
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