linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Hugepages should be accounted as unevictable pages.

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:11:47 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akataria@...are.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Hugepages should be accounted as unevictable pages.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:05:47 +0900 (JST)
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure this unevictable definition is good idea or not. currently
> hugepage isn't only non-account memory, but also various kernel memory doesn't
> account.
> 
> one of drawback is that zone_page_state(UNEVICTABLE) lost to mean #-of-unevictable-pages.
> e.g.  following patch is wrong?
> 
> fs/proc/meminfo.c meminfo_proc_show()
> ----------------------------
> -                K(pages[LRU_UNEVICTABLE]),
> +                K(pages[LRU_UNEVICTABLE]) + hstate->nr_huge_pages,
> 
> 
> Plus, I didn't find any practical benefit in this patch. do you have it?
> or You only want to natural definition?
> 
> I don't have any strong oppose reason, but I also don't have any strong
> agree reason.
> 
I think "don't include Hugepage" is sane. Hugepage is something _special_, now.

Thanks,
-Kame

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