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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 10:33:59 +0530 From: vinayak menon <vinayakm.list@...il.com> To: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmstat: retrieve more accurate vmstat value On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 01:00:22PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: >> On Tue 24-11-15 15:22:03, Joonsoo Kim wrote: >> > When I tested compaction in low memory condition, I found that >> > my benchmark is stuck in congestion_wait() at shrink_inactive_list(). >> > This stuck last for 1 sec and after then it can escape. More investigation >> > shows that it is due to stale vmstat value. vmstat is updated every 1 sec >> > so it is stuck for 1 sec. >> >> Wouldn't it be sufficient to use zone_page_state_snapshot in >> too_many_isolated? > This was done by this patch I believe, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1501.2/00001.html, though the original issue (wait of more than 1 sec) was fixed by the vmstat changes. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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