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Message-Id: <20120322173000.f078a43f.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:30:00 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"cgroups@...r.kernel.org" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
"n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com" <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcg: change behavior of moving charges at task move
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:18:46 +0900 KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
> >> + /*
> >> + * Avoid lookup_swap_cache() not to update statistics.
> >> + */
> >
> > I don't understand this comment - what is it trying to tell us?
> >
>
>
> High Dickins advised me to use find_get_page() rather than lookup_swap_cache()
> because lookup_swap_cache() has some statistics with swap.
ah.
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-change-behavior-of-moving-charges-at-task-move-fix
+++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5137,7 +5137,8 @@ static struct page *mc_handle_swap_pte(s
return NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
/*
- * Avoid lookup_swap_cache() not to update statistics.
+ * Use find_get_page() rather than lookup_swap_cache() because the
+ * latter alters statistics.
*/
page = find_get_page(&swapper_space, ent.val);
#endif
> >> + page = find_get_page(&swapper_space, ent.val);
> >
> > The code won't even compile if CONFIG_SWAP=n?
> >
>
> mm/built-in.o: In function `mc_handle_swap_pte':
> /home/kamezawa/Kernel/next/linux/mm/memcontrol.c:5172: undefined reference to `swapper_space'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>
> Ah...but I think this function (mc_handle_swap_pte) itself should be under CONFIG_SWAP.
> I'll post v2.
Confused. The new reference to swapper_space is already inside #ifdef
CONFIG_SWAP.
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