linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/19] split LRU lists into anon & file sets

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:23:16 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/19] split LRU lists into anon & file sets

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:56:31 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> > > The control_type feature is gone. We still have cached page
> > > accounting, but we do not allow control of only RSS pages anymore. We
> > > need to control both RSS+cached pages. I do not understand your
> > > question about new plan? Is it about adding back control_type?
> > > 
> > Ah, just wanted to confirm that we can drop PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE
> > if page_file_cache() function and split-LRU is introduced.
> > 
> 
> Earlier we would have had a problem, since we even accounted for swap
> cache with PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE and I think page_file_cache() does
> not account swap cache pages with page_file_cache(). Our accounting
> is based on mapped vs unmapped whereas the new code from Rik accounts
> file vs anonymous. I suspect we could live a little while longer
> with PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE and then if we do not need it at all,
> we can mark it down for removal. What do you think?

Okay, I have no objection. 

Thanks,
-Kame

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