linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/27] mm: Move vmscan writes and file write accounting to the node

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Message-ID: <9bafe5ce-9cee-4c83-28a2-df2fb453af19@suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:51:13 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/27] mm: Move vmscan writes and file write accounting to
 the node

On 06/09/2016 08:04 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> As reclaim is now node-based, it follows that page write activity
> due to page reclaim should also be accounted for on the node. For
> consistency, also account page writes and page dirtying on a per-node
> basis.
>
> After this patch, there are a few remaining zone counters that may
> appear strange but are fine. NUMA stats are still per-zone as this is a
> user-space interface that tools consume. NR_MLOCK, NR_SLAB_*, NR_PAGETABLE,
> NR_KERNEL_STACK and NR_BOUNCE are all allocations that potentially pin
> low memory and cannot trivially be reclaimed on demand. This information
> is still useful for debugging a page allocation failure warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>