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From: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
To: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Cgroups <cgroups@vger.kernel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] memcg: extract memcg_vmstats from struct mem_cgroup
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 09:11:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALvZod77qUb0XRJh3y3-GQevoKjcwdt-Gtq0u0Tp6zTxBe-4CA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YxqIQOWzrsrPnff3@blackbook>

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 04:35:35AM +0000, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com> wrote:
> > This is a preparatory patch to reduce the memory overhead of memory
> > cgroup. The struct memcg_vmstats is the largest object embedded into the
> > struct mem_cgroup.
> > This patch extracts struct memcg_vmstats from struct
> > mem_cgroup to ease the following patches in reducing the size of struct
> > memcg_vmstats.
>
> Is the reason for the extraction just moving things away from the header
> file?
> Or is the separate allocation+indirection somehow beneficial wrt, e.g.
> fragmentation?
>

The main reason was to move away from the head file. I have not yet
measured the performance impact of these changes. I am planning to
rearrange struct mem_cgroup and will do some performance tests after
that.

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From: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Roman Gushchin
	<roman.gushchin-fxUVXftIFDnyG1zEObXtfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Muchun Song <songmuchun-EC8Uxl6Npydl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Morton
	<akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
	Cgroups <cgroups-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] memcg: extract memcg_vmstats from struct mem_cgroup
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 09:11:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALvZod77qUb0XRJh3y3-GQevoKjcwdt-Gtq0u0Tp6zTxBe-4CA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YxqIQOWzrsrPnff3@blackbook>

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Michal Koutn√Ω <mkoutny-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 04:35:35AM +0000, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com> wrote:
> > This is a preparatory patch to reduce the memory overhead of memory
> > cgroup. The struct memcg_vmstats is the largest object embedded into the
> > struct mem_cgroup.
> > This patch extracts struct memcg_vmstats from struct
> > mem_cgroup to ease the following patches in reducing the size of struct
> > memcg_vmstats.
>
> Is the reason for the extraction just moving things away from the header
> file?
> Or is the separate allocation+indirection somehow beneficial wrt, e.g.
> fragmentation?
>

The main reason was to move away from the head file. I have not yet
measured the performance impact of these changes. I am planning to
rearrange struct mem_cgroup and will do some performance tests after
that.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-09 16:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-07  4:35 [PATCH 0/3] memcg: reduce memory overhead of memory cgroups Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35 ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] memcg: extract memcg_vmstats from struct mem_cgroup Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35   ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-09  0:26   ` Michal Koutný
2022-09-09  0:26     ` Michal Koutný
2022-09-09 16:11     ` Shakeel Butt [this message]
2022-09-09 16:11       ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35 ` [PATCH 2/3] memcg: rearrange code Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35   ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35 ` [PATCH 3/3] memcg: reduce size of memcg vmstats structures Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07  4:35   ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-07 23:27   ` Roman Gushchin
2022-09-07 23:27     ` Roman Gushchin
2022-09-08  2:35   ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-08  2:35     ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-08 22:37     ` Andrew Morton
2022-09-09  0:23   ` Michal Koutný
2022-09-09  0:23     ` Michal Koutný
2022-09-09 17:14     ` Shakeel Butt
2022-09-09 17:14       ` Shakeel Butt

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