linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/14] per memcg lru

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Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:21:18 +0800
From:   Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] per memcg lru_lock



> 
> Thanks for the Cc Michal.  As Shakeel says, Google prodkernel has been
> using our per-memcg lru locks for 7 years or so.  Yes, we did not come
> up with supporting performance data at the time of posting, nor since:
> I see Alex has done much better on that (though I haven't even glanced
> to see if +s are persuasive).
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/20/434
> was how ours was back then; some parts of that went in, then attached
> lrulock417.tar is how it was the last time I rebased, to v4.17.
> 
> I'll set aside what I'm doing, and switch to rebasing ours to v5.3-rc
> and/or mmotm.  Then compare with what Alex has, to see if there's any
> good reason to prefer one to the other: if no good reason to prefer ours,
> I doubt we shall bother to repost, but just use it as basis for helping
> to review or improve Alex's.
> 

Thanks for you all! Very glad to see we are trying on same point. :)
Not only on per memcg lru_lock, there are much room on lru and page replacement
tunings. Anyway Hope to see your update and more review comments soon.

Thanks
Alex