linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/9] mm: thrash detection-based file cache sizing

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Message-ID: <52D07966.4000205@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:51:18 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Bob Liu <bob.liu@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Luigi Semenzato <semenzato@...gle.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Metin Doslu <metin@...usdata.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Ozgun Erdogan <ozgun@...usdata.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Roman Gushchin <klamm@...dex-team.ru>,
	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/9] mm: thrash detection-based file cache sizing

On 01/10/2014 01:10 PM, Johannes Weiner wrote:

> This patch solves one half of the problem by decoupling the ability to
> detect working set changes from the inactive list size.  By
> maintaining a history of recently evicted file pages it can detect
> frequently used pages with an arbitrarily small inactive list size,
> and subsequently apply pressure on the active list based on actual
> demand for cache, not just overall eviction speed.
> 
> Every zone maintains a counter that tracks inactive list aging speed.
> When a page is evicted, a snapshot of this counter is stored in the
> now-empty page cache radix tree slot.  On refault, the minimum access
> distance of the page can be assessed, to evaluate whether the page
> should be part of the active list or not.
> 
> This fixes the VM's blindness towards working set changes in excess of
> the inactive list.  And it's the foundation to further improve the
> protection ability and reduce the minimum inactive list size of 50%.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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