linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] mm, kswapd: replace kswapd compaction with waking up kcompactd

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 16:22:43 +0100
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] mm, kswapd: replace kswapd compaction with waking
 up kcompactd

On 03/02/2016 03:59 PM, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> 2016-03-02 23:40 GMT+09:00 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>:
>> On 03/02/2016 03:22 PM, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
>>
>> So I understand that patch 5 would be just about this?
>>
>> -       if (compaction_restarting(zone, cc->order) && !current_is_kcompactd())
>> +       if (compaction_restarting(zone, cc->order))
>>                  __reset_isolation_suitable(zone);
>
> Yeah, you understand correctly. :)
>
>> I'm more inclined to fold it in that case.
>
> Patch would be just simple, but, I guess it would cause some difference
> in test result. But, I'm okay for folding.

Thanks. Andrew, should I send now patch folding patch 4/5 and 5/5 with 
all the accumulated fixlets (including those I sent earlier today) and 
combined changelog, or do you want to apply the new fixlets separately 
first and let them sit for a week or so? In any case, sorry for the churn.

> Thanks.
>