linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Swap delay accounting, include lock

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:54:24 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux MM Mailing List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Swap delay accounting, include lock_page() delays

Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:41, Nick Piggin wrote:
>> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:52, Balbir Singh wrote:
>>> Reported-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
>>>
>>> The delay incurred in lock_page() should also be accounted in swap delay
>>> accounting
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Ah right, I forgot to resend this one, sorry. Thanks for remembering.
> 
> Although, I think I had a bit more detail in the changelog which
> I think should be kept.
> 
> Basically, swap delay accounting seems quite broken as of now,
> because what it is counting is the time required to allocate a new
> page and submit the IO, but not actually the time to perform the IO
> at all (which I'd expect will be significant, although possibly in
> some workloads the actual page allocation will dominate).
> 

This looks quite good to me. I'm off attending a wedding, I'll resend
the patch when I am back.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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