linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/10] mm: base LRU balancing on an explicit cost model

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:06:06 -0400
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] mm: base LRU balancing on an explicit cost model

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 05:14:21PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:48:33PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > @@ -249,15 +249,10 @@ void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void update_page_reclaim_stat(struct lruvec *lruvec,
> > -				     int file, int rotated,
> > -				     unsigned int nr_pages)
> > +void lru_note_cost(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool file, unsigned int nr_pages)
> >  {
> > -	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
> > -
> > -	reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_pages;
> > -	if (rotated)
> > -		reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += nr_pages;
> > +	lruvec->balance.numer[file] += nr_pages;
> > +	lruvec->balance.denom += nr_pages;
> 
> balance.numer[0] + balance.number[1] = balance.denom
> so we can remove denom at the moment?

You're right, it doesn't make sense to keep that around anymore. I'll
remove it.

Thanks!