linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/11] Export fragmentation index via /proc/extfrag

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Message-Id: <20100323050910.A473.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:22:04 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] Export fragmentation index via /proc/extfrag_index

> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Index is between 0 and 1 so return within 3 decimal places
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * 0 => allocation would fail due to lack of memory
> > > +	 * 1 => allocation would fail due to fragmentation
> > > +	 */
> > > +	return 1000 - ( (1000+(info->free_pages * 1000 / requested)) / info->free_blocks_total);
> > > +}
> > 
> > Dumb question.
> > your paper (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1375634.1375641) says
> > fragmentation_index = 1 - (TotalFree/SizeRequested)/BlocksFree
> > but your code have extra '1000+'. Why?
> 
> To get an approximation to three decimal places.

Do you mean this is poor man's round up logic?
Why don't you use DIV_ROUND_UP? likes following,

return 1000 - (DIV_ROUND_UP(info->free_pages * 1000 / requested) /  info->free_blocks_total);


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