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From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
To: leonid.moiseichuk@nokia.com
Cc: kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cesarb@cesarb.net,
	emunson@mgebm.net, aarcange@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com,
	mel@csn.ul.ie, rientjes@google.com, dima@android.com,
	gregkh@suse.de, rebecca@android.com, san@google.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, vesa.jaaskelainen@nokia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 2/3] MM hook for page allocation and release
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:49:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOJsxLF706VeThxqWostJr84N_8q8UXoQzxGmMXj8mpgTLCagg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84FF21A720B0874AA94B46D76DB9826904554270@008-AM1MPN1-003.mgdnok.nokia.com>

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM,  <leonid.moiseichuk@nokia.com> wrote:
> I agree that hooking alloc_pages is ugly way. So alternatives I see:
>
> - shrinkers (as e.g. Android OOM used) but shrink_slab called only from
> try_to_free_pages only if we are on slow reclaim path on memory allocation,
> so it cannot be used for e.g. 75% memory tracking or when pages released to
> notify user space that we are OK. But according to easy to use it will be the
> best approach.
>
> - memcg-kind of changes like mem_cgroup_newpage_charge/uncharge_page but
> without blocking decision making logic. Seems to me more changes. Threshold
> currently in memcg set 128 pages per CPU, that is quite often for level
> tracking needs.
>
> - tracking situation using timer? Maybe not due to will impact battery.

Can we hook into mm/vmscan.c and mm/page-writeback.c for this?

                                Pekka

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-05 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-04 17:21 [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 0/3] Used Memory Meter pseudo-device and related changes in MM Leonid Moiseichuk
2012-01-04 17:21 ` [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 1/3] Making si_swapinfo exportable Leonid Moiseichuk
2012-01-04 17:21 ` [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 2/3] MM hook for page allocation and release Leonid Moiseichuk
2012-01-04 20:40   ` Pekka Enberg
2012-01-05  6:59   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2012-01-05 11:26     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 12:49       ` Pekka Enberg [this message]
2012-01-05 15:05         ` Rik van Riel
2012-01-05 15:17           ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 15:22   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-04 17:21 ` [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 3/3] Used Memory Meter pseudo-device module Leonid Moiseichuk
2012-01-04 19:55   ` Greg KH
2012-01-09  9:58     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-09 10:09       ` David Rientjes
2012-01-09 10:19         ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-09 20:55           ` David Rientjes
2012-01-11 12:46             ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-11 21:44               ` David Rientjes
2012-01-12  8:32                 ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-12 20:54                   ` David Rientjes
2012-01-13  9:34                     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-13 11:06                       ` David Rientjes
2012-01-13 11:51                         ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-13 21:35                           ` David Rientjes
2012-01-04 19:56 ` [PATCH 3.2.0-rc1 0/3] Used Memory Meter pseudo-device and related changes in MM Greg KH
2012-01-04 20:17   ` Rik van Riel
2012-01-04 20:42     ` Pekka Enberg
2012-01-05 23:01       ` David Rientjes
2012-01-05 12:22     ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 11:47   ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 12:40     ` Pekka Enberg
2012-01-05 13:02       ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 14:57         ` Greg KH
2012-01-05 16:13           ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-05 23:10             ` David Rientjes
2012-01-09  8:27               ` leonid.moiseichuk
2012-01-06  0:26     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-01-09  8:49       ` leonid.moiseichuk

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