linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: vmscan: Only update per-cpu thresholds for online CPU

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Message-ID: <20140710120931.GL29639@cmpxchg.org>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:09:31 -0400
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux-FSDevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: vmscan: Only update per-cpu thresholds for
 online CPU

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:13:06AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> When kswapd is awake reclaiming, the per-cpu stat thresholds are
> lowered to get more accurate counts to avoid breaching watermarks.  This
> threshold update iterates over all possible CPUs which is unnecessary.
> Only online CPUs need to be updated. If a new CPU is onlined,
> refresh_zone_stat_thresholds() will set the thresholds correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
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