From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>, Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, dormando <dormando@rydia.net>, Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:11:55 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20130317151155.GC2026@suse.de> (raw) In-Reply-To: <m2620qjdeo.fsf@firstfloor.org> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 07:42:39AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> writes: > > > @@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ typedef enum { > > ZONE_CONGESTED, /* zone has many dirty pages backed by > > * a congested BDI > > */ > > + ZONE_DIRTY, /* reclaim scanning has recently found > > + * many dirty file pages > > + */ > > Needs a better name. ZONE_DIRTY_CONGESTED ? > That might be confusing. The underlying BDI is not necessarily congested. I accept your point though and will try thinking of a better name. > > + * currently being written then flag that kswapd should start > > + * writing back pages. > > + */ > > + if (global_reclaim(sc) && nr_dirty && > > + nr_dirty >= (nr_taken >> (DEF_PRIORITY - sc->priority))) > > + zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_DIRTY); > > + > > trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id, > > I suppose you want to trace the dirty case here too. > I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a new tracepoint for when the flag gets set. A vmstat might be helpful as well. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs
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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>, Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, dormando <dormando@rydia.net>, Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:11:55 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20130317151155.GC2026@suse.de> (raw) In-Reply-To: <m2620qjdeo.fsf@firstfloor.org> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 07:42:39AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> writes: > > > @@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ typedef enum { > > ZONE_CONGESTED, /* zone has many dirty pages backed by > > * a congested BDI > > */ > > + ZONE_DIRTY, /* reclaim scanning has recently found > > + * many dirty file pages > > + */ > > Needs a better name. ZONE_DIRTY_CONGESTED ? > That might be confusing. The underlying BDI is not necessarily congested. I accept your point though and will try thinking of a better name. > > + * currently being written then flag that kswapd should start > > + * writing back pages. > > + */ > > + if (global_reclaim(sc) && nr_dirty && > > + nr_dirty >= (nr_taken >> (DEF_PRIORITY - sc->priority))) > > + zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_DIRTY); > > + > > trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id, > > I suppose you want to trace the dirty case here too. > I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a new tracepoint for when the flag gets set. A vmstat might be helpful as well. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-17 15:12 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 260+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2013-03-17 13:04 [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 01/10] mm: vmscan: Limit the number of pages kswapd reclaims at each priority Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 23:53 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-18 23:53 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 9:55 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 9:55 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:16 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 10:16 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 10:59 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:59 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-20 16:18 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-20 16:18 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 0:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 0:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-22 0:08 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 0:08 ` Will Huck 2013-03-21 9:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 9:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 12:59 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 12:59 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 0:51 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 0:51 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 15:57 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-21 15:57 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-21 16:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 16:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 0:05 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 0:05 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 3:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-22 3:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-22 3:56 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 3:56 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 4:59 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 4:59 ` Will Huck 2013-03-22 13:01 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-22 13:01 ` Rik van Riel 2013-04-05 0:05 ` Will Huck 2013-04-05 0:05 ` Will Huck 2013-04-07 7:32 ` Will Huck 2013-04-07 7:32 ` Will Huck 2013-04-07 7:35 ` Will Huck 2013-04-07 7:35 ` Will Huck 2013-04-11 5:54 ` Will Huck 2013-04-11 5:54 ` Will Huck 2013-04-11 5:58 ` Will Huck 2013-04-11 5:58 ` Will Huck 2013-04-12 5:46 ` Ric Mason 2013-04-12 5:46 ` Ric Mason 2013-04-12 9:34 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-12 9:34 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-12 13:40 ` Rik van Riel 2013-04-12 13:40 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-25 9:07 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-25 9:07 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-25 9:13 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-25 9:13 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-28 22:31 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-28 22:31 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-29 8:22 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-29 8:22 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-30 22:07 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-30 22:07 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-04-02 11:15 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-02 11:15 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 02/10] mm: vmscan: Obey proportional scanning requirements for kswapd Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:39 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:39 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:08 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 15:08 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 1:10 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 1:10 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 9:54 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 9:54 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 14:01 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 14:01 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 14:31 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 14:31 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:07 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:07 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:34 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:34 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 7:54 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-22 7:54 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-22 8:37 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 8:37 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 10:04 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-22 10:04 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-22 10:47 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-22 10:47 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 16:25 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-21 16:25 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-21 18:02 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 18:02 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 16:53 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-22 16:53 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-22 18:25 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 18:25 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 19:09 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-22 19:09 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-03-22 19:46 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 19:46 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm: vmscan: Flatten kswapd priority loop Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:36 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:36 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:09 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 15:09 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 7:02 ` Hillf Danton 2013-03-19 10:01 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 23:58 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-18 23:58 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 10:12 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:12 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 3:08 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 3:08 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 8:23 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-19 8:23 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-19 10:14 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:14 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:26 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 10:26 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 11:01 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 11:01 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 14:54 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 14:54 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:26 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:26 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:38 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:38 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm: vmscan: Decide whether to compact the pgdat based on reclaim progress Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 11:11 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-18 11:11 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-19 10:19 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:19 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 11:35 ` Hillf Danton 2013-03-18 11:35 ` Hillf Danton 2013-03-19 10:27 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:27 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:32 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:32 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:47 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 15:50 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:50 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 05/10] mm: vmscan: Do not allow kswapd to scan at maximum priority Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 1:20 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 1:20 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 10:12 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 10:12 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 12:30 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 12:30 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 15:48 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 15:48 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:42 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:42 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:11 ` Mel Gorman [this message] 2013-03-17 15:11 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 17:53 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 17:53 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 18:15 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 18:15 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 18:21 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 18:21 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-18 11:08 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-18 11:08 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-19 10:35 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:35 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 07/10] mm: vmscan: Block kswapd if it is encountering pages under writeback Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:49 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:49 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:19 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 15:19 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 15:40 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:40 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-19 11:06 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 11:06 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 11:37 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-18 11:37 ` Simon Jeons 2013-03-19 10:57 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:57 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 11:58 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-19 10:58 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-19 10:58 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-18 11:58 ` Wanpeng Li 2013-03-21 16:32 ` [PATCH 07/10 -v2r1] " Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 16:32 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 18:42 ` [PATCH 07/10] " Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 18:42 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-22 8:27 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 8:27 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 08/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd shrink slab only once per priority Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:53 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:53 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-21 16:47 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 16:47 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 19:47 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 19:47 ` Rik van Riel 2013-04-09 6:53 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-09 6:53 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-09 8:41 ` Simon Jeons 2013-04-09 8:41 ` Simon Jeons 2013-04-09 11:13 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-09 11:13 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-10 1:07 ` Dave Chinner 2013-04-10 1:07 ` Dave Chinner 2013-04-10 5:23 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-10 5:23 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-11 9:53 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-11 9:53 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-10 5:21 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-10 5:21 ` Joonsoo Kim 2013-04-11 10:01 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-11 10:01 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-11 10:29 ` Ric Mason 2013-04-11 10:29 ` Ric Mason 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 09/10] mm: vmscan: Check if kswapd should writepage " Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 16:58 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 16:58 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 18:07 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 18:07 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 19:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-21 19:52 ` Rik van Riel 2013-03-17 13:04 ` [PATCH 10/10] mm: vmscan: Move logic from balance_pgdat() to kswapd_shrink_zone() Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 13:04 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 14:55 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 14:55 ` Andi Kleen 2013-03-17 15:25 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-17 15:25 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 17:18 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 17:18 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-21 18:13 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 18:13 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 10:44 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd Damien Wyart 2013-03-21 10:54 ` Zlatko Calusic 2013-03-21 11:48 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-21 11:20 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 14:37 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-22 14:37 ` Mel Gorman 2013-03-24 19:00 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-24 19:00 ` Jiri Slaby 2013-03-25 8:17 ` Michal Hocko 2013-03-25 8:17 ` Michal Hocko 2013-04-09 11:06 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V2 Mel Gorman 2013-04-09 11:07 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Mel Gorman 2013-04-09 11:07 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-12 2:51 ` Rik van Riel 2013-04-12 2:51 ` Rik van Riel 2013-04-11 19:57 [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V3 Mel Gorman 2013-04-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm: vmscan: Have kswapd writeback pages based on dirty pages encountered, not priority Mel Gorman 2013-04-11 19:57 ` Mel Gorman 2013-04-18 15:16 ` Johannes Weiner 2013-04-18 15:16 ` Johannes Weiner
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