linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/swap: remove swap_cache

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jun 2022 17:16:56 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/swap: remove swap_cache_info statistics

On 08.06.22 16:40, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> swap_cache_info are not statistics that could be easily used to tune system
> performance because they are not easily accessile. Also they can't provide
> really useful info when OOM occurs. Remove these statistics can also help
> mitigate unneeded global swap_cache_info cacheline contention.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb