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From: <leonid.moiseichuk@nokia.com>
To: anton.vorontsov@linaro.org
Cc: kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com, penberg@kernel.org,
	b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, john.stultz@linaro.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org, patches@linaro.org,
	kernel-team@android.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/5] vmevent: Convert from deferred timer to deferred work
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:57:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84FF21A720B0874AA94B46D76DB98269045F7B01@008-AM1MPN1-004.mgdnok.nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120608084105.GA9883@lizard>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Anton Vorontsov [mailto:anton.vorontsov@linaro.org]
> Sent: 08 June, 2012 11:41
...
> > Right. It but it has drawbacks as well e.g. ensure that daemon scheduled
> properly and propagate reaction decision outside ulmkd.
> 
> No, ulmkd itself propagates the decision (i.e. it kills processes).

That is a decision "select & kill" :)
Propagation of this decision required time. Not all processes could be killed. You may stuck in killing in some cases.
...
> In ulmkd I don't use timers at all, and by "watcher" I mean the some
> userspace daemon that receives lowmemory/pressure events (in our case it
> is ulmkd).

Thanks for info.

> If we start "polling" on /proc/vmstat via userland deferred timers, that would
> be a single timer, just like in vmevent case. So, I'm not sure what is the
> difference?..

Context switches, parsing, activity in userspace even memory situation is not changed. In kernel space you can use sliding timer (increasing interval) + shinker.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-08  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-01 13:24 [PATCH 0/3] vmevent: Implement 'low memory' attribute Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-01 13:25 ` [PATCH 1/3] vmevent: Implement equal-to attribute state Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-01 13:25 ` [PATCH 2/3] vmevent: Pass attr argument to sampling functions Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-01 13:26 ` [PATCH 3/3] vmevent: Implement special low-memory attribute Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-03 10:33   ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-04  4:26   ` Minchan Kim
2012-05-04  7:38     ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-07  7:14       ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-07  8:26         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-07 12:15           ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-07 19:19             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  0:31               ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-08  5:20               ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-08  5:42                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  5:53                   ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-08  7:11                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  7:36                       ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-08  7:50                         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  8:03                           ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-08  9:15                             ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-05-08  9:19                               ` Pekka Enberg
2012-05-08 10:38                                 ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-01 12:21                         ` [PATCH 0/5] Some vmevent fixes Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-01 12:24                           ` [PATCH 1/5] vmstat: Implement refresh_vm_stats() Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-05 14:30                             ` Christoph Lameter
2012-06-08  3:17                             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-01 12:24                           ` [PATCH 2/5] vmevent: Convert from deferred timer to deferred work Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  3:25                             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  6:58                               ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  7:03                                 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-08  8:07                                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  7:05                                 ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  7:10                                   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  7:18                                     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  7:23                                       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  7:28                                         ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  7:33                                           ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  7:49                                             ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  7:58                                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  8:16                                     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  8:41                                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  8:57                                         ` leonid.moiseichuk [this message]
2012-06-08 10:35                                           ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08 11:03                                             ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08 12:13                                               ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08 12:25                                                 ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-01 12:24                           ` [PATCH 3/5] vmevent: Refresh vmstats before sampling Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-05 14:36                             ` Christoph Lameter
2012-06-01 12:24                           ` [PATCH 4/5] vmevent: Hide meaningful names from the user-visible header Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-01 12:24                           ` [PATCH 5/5] vmevent: Rename one-shot mode to edge trigger mode Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-03 18:26                           ` [PATCH 0/5] Some vmevent fixes Pekka Enberg
2012-06-04  8:45                             ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-04  9:20                               ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-04 12:23                                 ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-04 11:38                               ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-04 12:17                                 ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-04 13:35                                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-05  7:53                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-05  8:00                                       ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-05  8:01                                         ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-05  8:16                                           ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-05  8:27                                             ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-08  3:35                                             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-04 20:05                                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-04 22:39                                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  3:45                                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  6:57                                       ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-05  7:47                                   ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-05  8:39                                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-07  2:41                                       ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-08  7:49                                         ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08  8:43                                           ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-08  8:48                                             ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-08  9:12                                               ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-06-08  9:45                                                 ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-08 10:42                                                   ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-08 11:14                                                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-11  4:50                                                       ` Minchan Kim
2012-06-05  7:52                                   ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-08  3:55                                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  6:54                                       ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-08  6:57                                         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-06-08  6:59                                           ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-04 19:50                               ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  8:32                       ` [PATCH 3/3] vmevent: Implement special low-memory attribute Minchan Kim
2012-05-08  9:27                         ` Pekka Enberg
2012-06-05 14:40                       ` Christoph Lameter
2012-05-08  6:58                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-08  7:16                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-05-08  8:13                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-08  8:21                         ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-03  8:10 ` [PATCH 0/3] vmevent: Implement 'low memory' attribute Pekka Enberg
2012-05-03  9:44   ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-03 10:54 ` Pekka Enberg

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