linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] add profile information for invalidated page reclaim

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Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:13:35 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] add profile information for invalidated page reclaim

Hi KOSAKI,

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> This patch adds profile information about invalidated page reclaim.
>> It's just for profiling for test so it would be discard when the series
>> are merged.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
>> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
>> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/vmstat.h |    4 ++--
>>  mm/swap.c              |    3 +++
>>  mm/vmstat.c            |    3 +++
>>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Today, we have tracepoint. tracepoint has no overhead if it's unused.
> but vmstat has a overhead even if unused.
>
> Then, all new vmstat proposal should be described why you think it is
> frequently used from administrators.

It's just for easy gathering the data when Ben will test.
I never want to merge it in upstream and even mmtom.

If you don't like it for just testing, I am happy to change it with tracepoint.

Thanks.
-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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