linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] mm: show message when updating min_free

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:15:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mm: show message when updating min_free_kbytes in thp

On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Han Pingtian wrote:

> min_free_kbytes may be raised during THP's initialization. Sometimes,
> this will change the value being set by user. Showing message will
> clarify this confusion.
> 
> Only show this message when changing the value set by user according to
> Michal Hocko's suggestion.
> 
> Showing the old value of min_free_kbytes according to Dave Hansen's
> suggestion. This will give user the chance to restore old value of
> min_free_kbytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Han Pingtian <hanpt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c |    9 ++++++++-
>  mm/page_alloc.c  |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 7de1bf8..e0e4e29 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static struct khugepaged_scan khugepaged_scan = {
>  	.mm_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(khugepaged_scan.mm_head),
>  };
>  
> +extern int user_min_free_kbytes;
>  

We don't add extern declarations to .c files.  How many other examples of 
this can you find in mm/?

>  static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
>  {
> @@ -130,8 +131,14 @@ static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
>  			      (unsigned long) nr_free_buffer_pages() / 20);
>  	recommended_min <<= (PAGE_SHIFT-10);
>  
> -	if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes)
> +	if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes) {
> +		if (user_min_free_kbytes >= 0)
> +			pr_info("raising min_free_kbytes from %d to %lu "
> +				"to help transparent hugepage allocations\n",
> +				min_free_kbytes, recommended_min);
> +
>  		min_free_kbytes = recommended_min;
> +	}
>  	setup_per_zone_wmarks();
>  	return 0;
>  }

Does this even ever trigger since set_recommended_min_free_kbytes() is 
called via late_initcall()?
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