linux-kernel - Re: kswapd craziness in 3.7

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:33:10 +0100
From:	Zlatko Calusic <zlatko.calusic@...on.hr>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
CC:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kswapd craziness in 3.7

On 10.12.2012 19:01, Mel Gorman wrote:
> In this last-minute disaster, I'm not thinking properly at all any more. The
> shrink slab disabling should have happened before the loop_again but even
> then it's wrong because it's just covering over the problem.
>
> The way order and testorder interact with how balanced is calculated means
> that we potentially call shrink_slab() multiple times and that thing is
> global in nature and basically uncontrolled. You could argue that we should
> only call shrink_slab() if order-0 watermarks are not met but that will
> not necessarily prevent kswapd reclaiming too much. It keeps going back
> to balance_pgdat needing its list of requirements drawn up and receive
> some major surgery and we're not going to do that as a quick hack.
>

I was about to apply the patch that you sent, and reboot the server, but 
it seems there's no point because the patch is flawed?

Anyway, if and when you have a proper one, I'll be glad to test it for 
you and report results.
-- 
Zlatko
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