linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] swap-token: add a comment for priority aging

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Message-ID: <4DDC73D8.5050900@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 12:13:28 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, riel@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] swap-token: add a comment for priority aging

Add to a few comment of design decision of swap token aging.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/thrash.c |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/thrash.c b/mm/thrash.c
index 0504e8a..8832edb 100644
--- a/mm/thrash.c
+++ b/mm/thrash.c
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (!swap_token_mm)
 		goto replace_token;

+	/*
+	 * Usually, we don't need priority aging because long interval faults
+	 * makes priority decrease quickly. But there is one exception. If the
+	 * token owner task is sleeping, it never make long interval faults.
+	 * Thus, we need a priority aging mechanism instead. The requirements
+	 * of priority aging are
+	 *  1) An aging interval is reasonable enough long. Too short aging
+	 *     interval makes quick swap token lost and decrease performance.
+	 *  2) The swap token owner task have to get priority aging even if
+	 *     it's under sleep.
+	 */
 	if ((global_faults - last_aging) > TOKEN_AGING_INTERVAL) {
 		swap_token_mm->token_priority /= 2;
 		last_aging = global_faults;
-- 
1.7.3.1



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