From: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shakeelb@google.com,
yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch] mm/vmscan.c: not inherit classzone_idx from previous reclaim
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:25:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200212022554.GA7855@richard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200211104223.GL3466@techsingularity.net>
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 10:42:23AM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 03:41:45PM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>> Before commit e716f2eb24de ("mm, vmscan: prevent kswapd sleeping
>> prematurely due to mismatched classzone_idx"), classzone_idx could have
>> two possibilities on a new loop based on whether there is a wakeup
>> during reclaiming:
>>
>> * 0 if no wakeup
>> * the classzone_idx request by wakeup
>>
>> As described in the changelog, this commit is willing to change the
>> first case to (MAX_NR_ZONES - 1) to avoid some premature sleep. But it
>> does not achieve the goal.
>>
>> There are two versions of kswapd_classzone_idx() since this change:
>>
>> * commit e716f2eb24de ("mm, vmscan: prevent kswapd sleeping
>> prematurely due to mismatched classzone_idx")
>> * commit dffcac2cb88e ("mm/vmscan.c: prevent useless kswapd loops")
>>
>> Both of them would return the classzone_idx we passed as the 2nd
>> parameter when (pgdat->kswapd_classzone_idx == MAX_NR_ZONES). This
>> means if there is no wakeup during reclaiming, we would use
>> classzone_idx in previous round to sleep.
>>
>
>This is somewhat intended.
>
>> This patch fixes the logic by using (MAX_NR_ZONES - 1) for the first
>> case.
>>
>
>Ok, what is the user-visible impact that is fixed by this patch or is
>this based on code review only? Please describe the test case exactly
>and the before and after results. I ask because this area is a magnet for
>regressions and intuitive ideas often lead to counter-intuitive results.
>
This is based on code review only. I know your concern. This is an area more
like art then engineering :-)
Would you mind sharing some idea why we intend to inherit the classzone_idx?
And for kswapd_order, we would restart at 0 if no wakeup during reclaim.
I am curious about the idea behind this design :-)
>--
>Mel Gorman
>SUSE Labs
--
Wei Yang
Help you, Help me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-12 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-09 7:41 Wei Yang
2020-02-11 10:42 ` Mel Gorman
2020-02-12 2:25 ` Wei Yang [this message]
2020-02-12 7:43 ` Mel Gorman
2020-02-14 2:05 ` Wei Yang
2020-02-14 2:48 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-14 7:35 ` Wei Yang
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