linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/14] vrange: Purge volatile pages when memory is tight

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Message-ID: <5254315C.70401@linaro.org>
Date:	Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:22:52 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Zhan Jianyu <nasa4836@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Andrea Righi <andrea@...terlinux.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Hommey <mh@...ndium.org>, Taras Glek <tglek@...illa.com>,
	Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...il.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14] vrange: Purge volatile pages when memory is tight

On 10/07/2013 08:27 PM, Zhan Jianyu wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:51 AM, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
>>  static inline int page_referenced(struct page *page, int is_locked,
>>                                   struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>> -                                 unsigned long *vm_flags)
>> +                                 unsigned long *vm_flags,
>> +                                 int *is_vrange)
>>  {
>>         *vm_flags = 0;
>> +       *is_vrange = 0;
>>         return 0;
>>  }
> I don't know if it is appropriate to add a parameter in such a  core
> function for an optional functionality. Maybe the is_vrange flag
> should be squashed into the vm_flags ? I am not sure .
Yea, this wasn't either Minchan or I were particularly fond of, but with
the vm_flags exausted, there wasn't a clear way to do so without doing
the rmap traversal again.

Other suggestions?  Extending the vm_flags to 64bits is something many
better mm devs have tried to merge unsuccessfully, so I'm hesitant to
try pushing it myself.

thanks
-john


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