linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] page reclaim throttle take2

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:26:47 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] page reclaim throttle take2

Hi Peter,

> > +
> > +	atomic_t		nr_reclaimers;
> > +	wait_queue_head_t	reclaim_throttle_waitq;
> >  	/*
> >  	 * rarely used fields:
> >  	 */
> 
> Small nit, that extra blank line seems at the wrong end of the text
> block :-)

Agghhh, sorry ;-)
I'll fix at next post.

> > +out:
> > +	atomic_dec(&zone->nr_reclaimers);
> > +	wake_up_all(&zone->reclaim_throttle_waitq);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> 
> Would it be possible - and worthwhile - to make this FIFO fair?

Hmmm
may be, we don't need perfectly fair.
because try_to_free_page() is unfair mechanism.

but I will test use wake_up() instead wake_up_all().
it makes so so fair order if no performance regression happend.

Thanks very useful comment.


- kosaki



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