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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
To: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:52:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160614145258.GD1868@techsingularity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02ff01d1c48d$78112f40$68338dc0$@alibaba-inc.com>

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 05:33:24PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > -	/*
> > -	 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless one zone has way too
> > -	 * many pages free already. The "too many pages" is defined as the
> > -	 * high wmark plus a "gap" where the gap is either the low
> > -	 * watermark or 1% of the zone, whichever is smaller.
> > -	 */
> > -	balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone), DIV_ROUND_UP(
> > -			zone->managed_pages, KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO));
> > +		nr_to_reclaim += max(high_wmark_pages(zone), SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
> > +	}
> 
> Missing sc->nr_to_reclaim = nr_to_reclaim; ?
> 

Yes. It may explain why I saw lower than expected kswapd in more
detailed tests recently. Thanks.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-14 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <02fe01d1c48b$c44e9e80$4cebdb80$@alibaba-inc.com>
2016-06-12  9:33 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Hillf Danton
2016-06-14 14:52   ` Mel Gorman [this message]
     [not found] <071801d1cc5c$245087d0$6cf19770$@alibaba-inc.com>
2016-06-22  8:42 ` Hillf Danton
2016-06-23 11:31   ` Mel Gorman
2016-06-21 14:15 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v7 Mel Gorman
2016-06-21 14:15 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Mel Gorman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-06-09 18:04 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v6 Mel Gorman
2016-06-09 18:04 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Mel Gorman
2016-06-15 14:23   ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-04-15  9:13 [PATCH 00/27] Move LRU page reclaim from zones to nodes v5 Mel Gorman
2016-04-15  9:13 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm, vmscan: Make kswapd reclaim in terms of nodes Mel Gorman
2016-04-28  8:36   ` Vlastimil Babka

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