linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/8] vmscan: memcg-aware unevictable page rescue scanner

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:42:03 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] vmscan: memcg-aware unevictable page rescue scanner

On Wed 01-06-11 08:25:18, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Once the per-memcg lru lists are exclusive, the unevictable page
> rescue scanner can no longer work on the global zone lru lists.
> 
> This converts it to go through all memcgs and scan their respective
> unevictable lists instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Just a minor naming thing.

Other than that looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>

> --- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
[...]
> +struct page *mem_cgroup_lru_to_page(struct zone *zone, struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> +				    enum lru_list lru)
> +{
> +	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
> +	struct page_cgroup *pc;
> +
> +	mz = mem_cgroup_zoneinfo(mem, zone_to_nid(zone), zone_idx(zone));
> +	pc = list_entry(mz->lists[lru].prev, struct page_cgroup, lru);
> +	return lookup_cgroup_page(pc);
> +}
> +
[...]
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -3233,6 +3233,14 @@ void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
>  
>  }
>  
> +static struct page *lru_tailpage(struct zone *zone, struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> +				 enum lru_list lru)
> +{
> +	if (mem)
> +		return mem_cgroup_lru_to_page(zone, mem, lru);
> +	return lru_to_page(&zone->lru[lru].list);
> +}

Wouldn't it better to have those names consistent?
mem_cgroup_lru_tailpage vs lru_tailpage?

[...]
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Michal Hocko
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