From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
ying.huang@intel.com, kirill@shutemov.name,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/25] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a migration source
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:00:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d232eb5a-065f-742f-35e3-b06cfdfbeb69@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190116143308.GE27437@techsingularity.net>
On 1/16/19 3:33 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
>>> + break;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + /*
>>> + * If low PFNs are being found and discarded then
>>> + * limit the scan as fast searching is finding
>>> + * poor candidates.
>>> + */
>>
>> I wonder about the "low PFNs are being found and discarded" part. Maybe
>> I'm missing it, but I don't see them being discarded above, this seems
>> to be the first check against cc->migrate_pfn. With the min() part in
>> update_fast_start_pfn(), does it mean we can actually go back and rescan
>> (or skip thanks to skip bits, anyway) again pageblocks that we already
>> scanned?
>>
>
> Extremely poor phrasing. My mind was thinking in terms of discarding
> unsuitable candidates as they were below the migration scanner and it
> did not translate properly.
>
> Based on your feedback, how does the following untested diff look?
IMHO better. Meanwhile I noticed that the next patch removes the
set_pageblock_skip() so maybe it's needless churn to introduce the
fast_find_block, but I'll check more closely.
The new comment about pfns below cc->migrate_pfn is better but I still
wonder if it would be better to really skip over those candidates (they
are still called unsuitable) and not go backwards with cc->migrate_pfn.
But if you think the pageblock skip bits and halving of limit minimizes
pointless rescan sufficiently, then fine.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-16 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-04 12:49 [PATCH 00/25] Increase success rates and reduce latency of compaction v2 Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 01/25] mm, compaction: Shrink compact_control Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 02/25] mm, compaction: Rearrange compact_control Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 03/25] mm, compaction: Remove last_migrated_pfn from compact_control Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 04/25] mm, compaction: Remove unnecessary zone parameter in some instances Mel Gorman
2019-01-15 11:43 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 05/25] mm, compaction: Rename map_pages to split_map_pages Mel Gorman
2019-01-15 11:59 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 06/25] mm, compaction: Skip pageblocks with reserved pages Mel Gorman
2019-01-15 12:10 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-15 12:50 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-16 9:42 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 07/25] mm, migrate: Immediately fail migration of a page with no migration handler Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 08/25] mm, compaction: Always finish scanning of a full pageblock Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 09/25] mm, compaction: Use the page allocator bulk-free helper for lists of pages Mel Gorman
2019-01-15 12:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-16 9:46 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 10/25] mm, compaction: Ignore the fragmentation avoidance boost for isolation and compaction Mel Gorman
2019-01-15 13:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 11/25] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a migration source Mel Gorman
2019-01-16 13:15 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-16 14:33 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-16 15:00 ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2019-01-16 15:43 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 12/25] mm, compaction: Keep migration source private to a single compaction instance Mel Gorman
2019-01-16 15:45 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-16 16:15 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 9:29 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 9:40 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:49 ` [PATCH 13/25] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a migration target Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 14:36 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 15:51 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 14/25] mm, compaction: Avoid rescanning the same pageblock multiple times Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 15:16 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 16:00 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 15/25] mm, compaction: Finish pageblock scanning on contention Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 16:38 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 17:11 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 8:57 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 16/25] mm, compaction: Check early for huge pages encountered by the migration scanner Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 17:01 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 17:35 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 17/25] mm, compaction: Keep cached migration PFNs synced for unusable pageblocks Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 17:17 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 17:37 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 18/25] mm, compaction: Rework compact_should_abort as compact_check_resched Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 17:27 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 19/25] mm, compaction: Do not consider a need to reschedule as contention Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 17:33 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 18:05 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 20/25] mm, compaction: Reduce unnecessary skipping of migration target scanner Mel Gorman
2019-01-17 17:58 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-17 19:39 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 9:09 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 21/25] mm, compaction: Round-robin the order while searching the free lists for a target Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 9:17 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 22/25] mm, compaction: Sample pageblocks for free pages Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 10:38 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-18 13:44 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 23/25] mm, compaction: Be selective about what pageblocks to clear skip hints Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 12:55 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-18 14:10 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 24/25] mm, compaction: Capture a page under direct compaction Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 13:40 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-18 14:39 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-04 12:50 ` [PATCH 25/25] mm, compaction: Do not direct compact remote memory Mel Gorman
2019-01-18 13:51 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-01-18 14:46 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-07 23:43 ` [PATCH 00/25] Increase success rates and reduce latency of compaction v2 Andrew Morton
2019-01-08 9:12 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-09 11:13 ` [PATCH] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a migration target -fix Mel Gorman
2019-01-09 19:27 ` Andrew Morton
2019-01-09 21:26 ` Mel Gorman
2019-01-09 11:15 ` [PATCH] mm, compaction: Finish pageblock scanning on contention -fix Mel Gorman
2019-01-09 11:16 ` [PATCH] mm, compaction: Round-robin the order while searching the free lists for a target -fix Mel Gorman
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