linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmscan: stop meaningless loop iteration when no reclaimable slab

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Message-Id: <20100713135817.EA4F.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:59:11 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmscan: stop meaningless loop iteration when no reclaimable slab

> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> 
> > If number of reclaimable slabs are zero, shrink_icache_memory() and
> > shrink_dcache_memory() return 0. but strangely shrink_slab() ignore
> > it and continue meaningless loop iteration.
> 
> There is also a per zone/node/global counter SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT that
> could be used to determine if its worth looking at things at all. I saw
> some effort going into making the shrinkers zone aware. If so then we may
> be able to avoid scanning slabs.

Yup.
After to merge nick's effort, we can makes more imrovement. I bet :)




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