linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "mm: vmscan: fix misused nr_reclaimed in shrink_mem_cgroup

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Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:16:19 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "mm: vmscan: fix misused nr_reclaimed in shrink_mem_cgroup_zone()"

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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com> wrote:
>> This reverts commit c38446cc65e1f2b3eb8630c53943b94c4f65f670.
>>
>> Before the commit, the code makes senses to me but not after the commit. The
>> "nr_reclaimed" is the number of pages reclaimed by scanning through the memcg's
>> lru lists. The "nr_to_reclaim" is the target value for the whole function. For
>> example, we like to early break the reclaim if reclaimed 32 pages under direct
>> reclaim (not DEF_PRIORITY).
>>
>> After the reverted commit, the target "nr_to_reclaim" is decremented each time
>> by "nr_reclaimed" but we still use it to compare the "nr_reclaimed". It just
>> doesn't make sense to me...
>>
> I downloaded mm/vmscan.c from the next tree a couple minutes ago, and
> see
>                .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
> and
>        nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
>
> in try_to_free_pages().
>
> I also see
>                total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
>                if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
>                        goto out;
>
> in do_try_to_free_pages(),
>
> then would you please say a few words about the sense
> of the check of nr_to_reclaim?
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
>> ---
>>  mm/vmscan.c |    7 +------
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> index 33c332b..1a51868 100644
>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> @@ -2107,12 +2107,7 @@ restart:
>>                 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
>>                 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
>>                 */
>> -               if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim)
>> -                       nr_to_reclaim = 0;
>> -               else
>> -                       nr_to_reclaim -= nr_reclaimed;
>> -
>> -               if (!nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
>> +               if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim && priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
>>                        break;
>>        }
>>        blk_finish_plug(&plug);
>> --
>> 1.7.7.3
>>
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