linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] mm, vmscan: wake up all pfmemalloc-throttled processes at once

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Date:	Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:58:07 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] mm, vmscan: wake up all pfmemalloc-throttled processes
 at once

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On 01/05/2015 03:56 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Kswapd in balance_pgdate() currently uses wake_up() on processes
> waiting in throttle_direct_reclaim(), which only wakes up a single
> process. This might leave processes waiting for longer than
> necessary, until the check is reached in the next loop iteration.
> Processes might also be left waiting if zone was fully balanced in
> single iteration. Note that the comment in balance_pgdat() also
> says "Wake them", so waking up a single process does not seem
> intentional.
> 
> Thus, replace wake_up() with wake_up_all().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> Cc: Mel Gorman
> <mgorman@...e.de> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> Cc:
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> Cc: Vladimir Davydov
> <vdavydov@...allels.com> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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

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