linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] dcache: allocate external names from reclaimable kmalloc caches

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:42:57 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] dcache: allocate external names from reclaimable
 kmalloc caches

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 03:36:17PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> We can use the newly introduced kmalloc-reclaimable-X caches, to allocate
> external names in dcache, which will take care of the proper accounting
> automatically, and also improve anti-fragmentation page grouping.
> 
> This effectively reverts commit f1782c9bc547 ("dcache: account external names
> as indirectly reclaimable memory") and instead passes __GFP_RECLAIMABLE to
> kmalloc(). The accounting thus moves from NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES to
> NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE, which is also considered in MemAvailable calculation and
> overcommit decisions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs