linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: thp: don't need drain lru cache when splitting and mlocking THP

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Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 17:35:59 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, hughd@...gle.com,
        aarcange@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: thp: don't need drain lru cache when splitting and
 mlocking THP

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 03:29:40AM +0800, Yang Shi wrote:
> Since the commit 8f182270dfec ("mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound
> page arrival") THP would not stay in pagevec anymore.  So the
> optimization made by commit d965432234db ("thp: increase
> split_huge_page() success rate") doesn't make sense anymore, which tries
> to unpin munlocked THPs from pagevec by draining pagevec.
> 
> And draining lru cache before isolating THP in mlock path is unnecessary
> either.
> 
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov