linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] psi: move PF

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Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:13:27 -0400
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
        mgorman@...e.de, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] psi: move PF_MEMSTALL out of task->flags

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 06:46:25AM -0400, Yafang Shao wrote:
> The task->flags is a 32-bits flag, in which 31 bits have already been
> consumed. So it is hardly to introduce other new per process flag.
> Currently there're still enough spaces in the bit-field section of
> task_struct, so we can define the memstall state as a single bit in
> task_struct instead.
> 
> Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>

Thanks for reworking it. This looks good to me.

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>