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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: ye xingchen <yexingchen116@gmail.com>, mcgrof@kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, chi.minghao@zte.com.cn,
	hch@infradead.org, keescook@chromium.org, linmiaohe@huawei.com,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, willy@infradead.org, ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn,
	yzaikin@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] mm: compaction: move compaction sysctl to its own file
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:27:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <067f7347-ba10-5405-920c-0f5f985c84f4@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230327024939.75976-1-ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn>

On 3/27/23 04:49, ye xingchen wrote:
>>> >$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.old vmlinux
>>> >add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 1/2 up/down: 346/-350 (-4)
>>> >Function                                     old     new   delta
>>> >vm_compaction                                  -     320    +320
>>> >kcompactd_init                               167     193     +26
>>> >proc_dointvec_minmax_warn_RT_change          104      10     -94
>>> >vm_table                                    2112    1856    -256
>>> >Total: Before=19287558, After=19287554, chg -0.00%
>>> >
>>> >So I don't think we need to pause this move or others where are have savings.
>>> >
>>> >Minghao, can you fix the commit log, and explain how you are also saving
>>> >4 bytes as per the above bloat-o-meter results?
>>> 
>>> $ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux vmlinux.new
>>> add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 350/-256 (94)
>>> Function                                     old     new   delta
>>> vm_compaction                                  -     320    +320
>>> kcompactd_init                               180     210     +30
>>> vm_table                                    2112    1856    -256
>>> Total: Before=21104198, After=21104292, chg +0.00%
>>> 
>>> In my environment, kcompactd_init increases by 30 instead of 26.
>>> And proc_dointvec_minmax_warn_RT_change No expansion.
>>
>>How about a defconfig + compaction enabled? Provide that information
>>and let Vlastimal ACK/NACK the patch.
> I use x86_defconfig and linux-next-20230327 branch
> $ make defconfig;make all -j120
> CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
> 
> add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 350/-256 (94)
> Function                                     old     new   delta
> vm_compaction                                  -     320    +320
> kcompactd_init                               180     210     +30
> vm_table                                    2112    1856    -256
> Total: Before=21119987, After=21120081, chg +0.00%

No savings then, but to me the patch still seems a worthwile cleanup. But if
others think the 94 bytes are an issue, it can wait for the new APIs.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-27 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-22  2:46 ye.xingchen
2023-03-22  8:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-23 16:19   ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-03-23 19:39     ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-03-24  6:24       ` ye xingchen
2023-03-24 18:11         ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-03-27  2:49           ` ye xingchen
2023-03-27 10:27             ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2023-03-27  3:39     ` Christoph Hellwig

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