linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix vmscan to take care of nodemask

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Message-Id: <20090323101632.69E7.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:20:18 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	mel@....ul.ie, riel@...hat.com,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix vmscan to take care of nodemask

> Kosaki pointed out it's not necessary to initialize struct member value by NULL.
> Remvoed it. 
> 
> Regards,
> -Kame
> ==
> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> try_to_free_pages() scans zonelist but don't take care of nodemask which is
> given to alloc_pages_nodemask(). This makes try_to_free_pages() less effective.

Yes, ignore nodemask make unnecessary reclaim. it decrease try_to_free_pages()
performance.

Note: currently, try_to_free_pages() stop to process reclaim after 32 pages reclaimed.
then, non intentional node scanning can cause large performance degression.

> 
> Changelog: v1 -> v2
>   - removed unnecessary nodemask=NULL initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

thanks.
	Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>



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